openstack-glance: unrestricted path traversal flaw
Published Jan 7, 2015
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.79%
Description
The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.2.2 and 2014.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in a file: URL in the image location property.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- ≥ 2014.1 · < 2014.1.4
- ≥ 2014.2 · < 2014.2.2
No data.
OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6
openstack-glance-0:2013.2.4-3.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0246
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6
openstack-glance-0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0246
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
openstack-glance-0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0246
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
openstack-glance
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6 | openstack-glance-0:2013.2.4-3.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0246 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 | openstack-glance-0:2014.1.3-4.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0246 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | openstack-glance-0:2014.1.3-4.el7ost | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0246 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | openstack-glance | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat mitigation
diff --git a/etc/policy.json b/etc/policy.json index 325f00b..a797f12 100644 --- a/etc/policy.json +++ b/etc/policy.json @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ "download_image": "", "upload_image": "", - "delete_image_location": "", - "get_image_location": "", - "set_image_location": "", + "delete_image_location": "role:admin", + "get_image_location": "role:admin", + "set_image_location": "role:admin", "add_member": "", "delete_member": "",
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:P/I:N/A:P
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 1, 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.79% (0.02793) | 85.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02770) | 84.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.98% (0.00983) | 74.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.45% (0.02448) | 75.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.98% (0.00983) | 75.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 74.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00452) | 74.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00452) | 71.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 67.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 23, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 64.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 41.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000317.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0246.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71688 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9493 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1400966 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174474 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9493
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2014-041.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9493
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000317.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0246.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71688 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9493 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1400966 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174474 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9493 | ||
| https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2014-041.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9493 |
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