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PYSEC-2026-883

OpenStack Compute (Nova) has Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-883 — nova: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'nova>=2014.1.4'

Details

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for access to consoles via a crafted webpage.

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Affected packages

PyPI/nova
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2014.1.4
Fixpip install --upgrade 'nova>=2014.1.4'

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