openstack-glance: unrestricted path traversal flaw (incomplete fix for CVE-2014-9493) (OSSA 2015-002)
Published Jan 21, 2015
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.79%
Description
The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in a filesystem: URL in the image location property. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-9493.
Affected products
No data.
- ≥ 2014.1 · < 2014.1.4
- ≥ 2014.2 · < 2014.2.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
openstack-glance
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
openstack-glance
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
openstack-glance
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | openstack-glance | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | openstack-glance | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | openstack-glance | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The fix for CVE-2014-9493 is complete and openstack-glance for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Open Stack Platform 4.0 and 5.0 is not affected by this issue. This issue did not affect the version of openstack-glance as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Open Stack Platform 6.0.
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:P/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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.79% (0.02792) | 85.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.77% (0.02769) | 84.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 1.45% (0.01447) | 79.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.82% (0.02816) | 84.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.59% (0.04590) | 81.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.82% (0.02816) | 85.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00594) | 79.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 79.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 76.86th | 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 (15)
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-January/000325.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62169 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/15/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71976 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1195 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1408663 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181533 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwrj-f53c-f89j Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/5191ed1879c5fd5b2694f922bcedec232f461088
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/7d3a1db33ccbd25b9fc7326ce3468eabd2a41a99
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/a2d986b976e9325a272e2d422465165315d19fe6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1195
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1195
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