TI-2026-52034 Aliases CVE-2026-74248 GHSA-3gfv-q5hp-jpcf

Incorrect authorization in OpenStack Octavia

MEDIUM 53CWE-863Published 2026-08-14 · Updated 2026-08-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

OpenStack Octavia through 18.0.0 mishandles quality of service (QoS) policy authorization. By associating another project's QoS policy with an amphora, an authenticated user may prevent deletion of that policy. All Octavia deployments are affected.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00325 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Octavia (OpenStack): 16.0.2Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
OpenStack	Octavia	before 16.0.2; 17.0.0; 18.0.0	16.0.2	Patch available	CNA

Octavia VendorOpenStack Affected before 16.0.2; 17.0.0; 18.0.0 Fixed in 16.0.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Fix · CNA Octavia (OpenStack) Fixed in 16.0.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74248
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3gfv-q5hp-jpcf

References

Other 2

TI-2026-78562 Incorrect authorization in OpenStack Manila share operations CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2026-63467 Code injection in OpenStack Octavia CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
TI-2017-13226 The tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c in the Linux kernel before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-69629 OpenStack Mistral flaw lets users change other projects' resources CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
TI-2026-69623 Command injection in OpenStack Mistral std.ssh_proxied action CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2022-17779 Improper privilege management in OpenStack CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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