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PYSEC-2026-859
OpenStack Compute Nova Improper Access Control
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-859 — nova: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'nova>=12.0.0a0'Details
The XenAPI backend in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana before 2013.2 does not properly apply security groups (1) when resizing an image or (2) during live migration, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4497[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/01de658210fd65171bfbf5450c93673b5ce0bd9e[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/5cced7a6dd32d231c606e25dbf762d199bf9cca7[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ba0d007fb78bd1182c3c0b808dbd7ccc84640e80[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/df2ea2e3acdede21b40d47b7adbeac04213d031b[WEB]
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1073306[WEB]
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1202266[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/nova[PACKAGE]
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/03/2[WEB]
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/03/3[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/nova[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27q4-38qf-m25h[ADVISORY]