MEDIUM5.9
PYSEC-2026-691
OpenStack Nova Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-691 — nova: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'nova>=12.0.0a0'Details
OpenStack Nova before 2012.1 allows someone with access to an EC2_ACCESS_KEY (equivalent to a username) to obtain the EC2_SECRET_KEY (equivalent to a password). Exposing the EC2_ACCESS_KEY via http or tools that allow man-in-the-middle over https could allow an attacker to easily obtain the EC2_SECRET_KEY. An attacker could also presumably brute force values for EC2_ACCESS_KEY.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4076[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b1ab6da1495784ff581000018a6047fd19cf82c4[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/beee11edbfdd82cd81bc9c0fd75912c167892c2b[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4076[WEB]
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/868360[WEB]
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4076[WEB]
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4076[WEB]
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/25/4[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/nova[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcmv-6rxx-fh7r[ADVISORY]