openshift: Failing to detach a volume causes DoS by retrying to perform delete
Published Apr 16, 2018
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.24%
Description
openshift before versions 3.3.1.11, 3.2.1.23, 3.4 is vulnerable to a flaw when a volume fails to detach, which causes the delete operation to fail with 'VolumeInUse' error. Since the delete operation is retried every 30 seconds for each volume, this could lead to a denial of service attack as the number of API requests being sent to the cloud-provider exceeds the API's rate-limit.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Openshift Defaultn/a
- Version openshift 3.2.1.23StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version openshift 3.3.1.11StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version openshift 3.4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Openshift | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3
Security
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | Security | Not affected | 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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/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 | 1.24% (0.01237) | 67.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.32% (0.01325) | 67.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.32% (0.00315) | 52.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 33.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 31.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 28.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00085) | 35.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94991 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9592 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405336 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9592 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9592
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9592
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94991 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9592 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1405336 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9592 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9592 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9592 |
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