MEDIUM5.7
PYSEC-2026-868
OpenStack Cinder, glance, and Nova vulnerable to Path Traversal
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-868 — nova: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'nova>=24.1.2'Details
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance before 23.0.1, 24.x before 24.1.1, and 25.0.0; and Nova before 24.1.2, 25.x before 25.0.2, and 26.0.0. By supplying a specially created VMDK flat image that references a specific backing file path, an authenticated user may convince systems to return a copy of that file's contents from the server, resulting in unauthorized access to potentially sensitive data.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47951[ADVISORY]
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1996188[WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00040.html[WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00041.html[WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00042.html[WEB]
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2023-002.html[WEB]
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5336[WEB]
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5337[WEB]
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5338[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/nova[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7h75-hwxx-qpgc[ADVISORY]