openstack-swift: Swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced
Published Oct 17, 2014
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.05%
Description
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.
Affected products
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Native Client for RHEL 5 for Red Hat Storage
glusterfs-0:3.7.1-11.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Native Client for RHEL 6 for Red Hat Storage
glusterfs-0:3.7.1-11.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6
openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-4.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0836
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-4.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0835
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
augeas-0:1.0.0-10.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
check-mk-0:1.2.6p1-3.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
clufter-0:0.11.2-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
cluster-0:3.0.12.1-73.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
clustermon-0:0.16.2-31.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
corosync-0:1.4.7-2.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
ctdb2.5-0:2.5.5-7.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
fence-virt-0:0.2.3-19.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
gluster-nagios-addons-0:0.2.4-4.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
gluster-nagios-common-0:0.2.0-1.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
glusterfs-0:3.7.1-11.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
gstatus-0:0.64-3.1.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
libqb-0:0.17.1-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
libtalloc-0:2.1.1-4.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
libvirt-0:0.10.2-54.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
nagios-plugins-0:1.4.16-12.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
nagios-server-addons-0:0.2.1-4.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
nfs-ganesha-0:2.2.0-5.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
nrpe-0:2.15-4.1.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
openais-0:1.1.1-7.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-4.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
pacemaker-0:1.1.12-8.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
pcs-0:0.9.139-9.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
pnp4nagios-0:0.6.22-2.1.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
pynag-0:0.9.1-1.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
python-blivet-1:1.0.0.2-1.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
python-cpopen-0:1.3-4.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
python-eventlet-0:0.14.0-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
python-greenlet-0:0.4.2-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
python-keystoneclient-1:0.9.0-5.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
python-prettytable-0:0.7.2-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
python-pyudev-0:0.15-2.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
redhat-storage-logos-0:60.0.20-1.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
redhat-storage-server-0:3.1.0.3-1.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
resource-agents-0:3.9.5-24.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
ricci-0:0.16.2-81.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
userspace-rcu-0:0.7.9-2.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6
vdsm-0:4.16.20-1.2.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1495
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
openstack-swift
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Client for RHEL 5 for Red Hat Storage | glusterfs-0:3.7.1-11.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Native Client for RHEL 6 for Red Hat Storage | glusterfs-0:3.7.1-11.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 | openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-4.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0836 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-4.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0835 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | augeas-0:1.0.0-10.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | check-mk-0:1.2.6p1-3.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | clufter-0:0.11.2-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | cluster-0:3.0.12.1-73.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | clustermon-0:0.16.2-31.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | corosync-0:1.4.7-2.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | ctdb2.5-0:2.5.5-7.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | fence-virt-0:0.2.3-19.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | gluster-nagios-addons-0:0.2.4-4.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | gluster-nagios-common-0:0.2.0-1.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | glusterfs-0:3.7.1-11.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | gstatus-0:0.64-3.1.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | libqb-0:0.17.1-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | libtalloc-0:2.1.1-4.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | libvirt-0:0.10.2-54.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | nagios-plugins-0:1.4.16-12.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | nagios-server-addons-0:0.2.1-4.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | nfs-ganesha-0:2.2.0-5.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | nrpe-0:2.15-4.1.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | openais-0:1.1.1-7.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | openstack-swift-0:1.13.1-4.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | pacemaker-0:1.1.12-8.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | pcs-0:0.9.139-9.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | pnp4nagios-0:0.6.22-2.1.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | pynag-0:0.9.1-1.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | python-blivet-1:1.0.0.2-1.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | python-cpopen-0:1.3-4.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | python-eventlet-0:0.14.0-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | python-greenlet-0:0.4.2-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | python-keystoneclient-1:0.9.0-5.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | python-prettytable-0:0.7.2-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | python-pyudev-0:0.15-2.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | redhat-storage-logos-0:60.0.20-1.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | redhat-storage-server-0:3.1.0.3-1.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | resource-agents-0:3.9.5-24.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | ricci-0:0.16.2-81.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | userspace-rcu-0:0.7.9-2.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6 | vdsm-0:4.16.20-1.2.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1495 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | openstack-swift | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.05% (0.03049) | 87.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03023) | 85.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00115) | 27.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00220) | 60.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 58.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 75.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 54.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00025.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0835.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0836.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1495.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70279 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2704-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7960 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1365350 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150461 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96901 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2 Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/06800cbe446ce4c937a57b69517b55c3bba9b6e1
- https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/2c4622a28ea04e1c6b2382189b0a1f6cccdc9c0f
- https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/5b2c27a5874c2b5b0a333e4955b03544f6a8119f
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7960
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7960
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