The notifier middleware in OpenStack PyCADF 0.5.0 and earlier, Telemetry (Ceilometer) 2013.2 before 2013.2.4 and 2014.x before 2014.1.2, Ne…

published 2014-08-19 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-4542

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.8%; EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

The notifier middleware in OpenStack PyCADF 0.5.0 and earlier, Telemetry (Ceilometer) 2013.2 before 2013.2.4 and 2014.x before 2014.1.2, Neutron 2014.x before 2014.1.2 and Juno before Juno-2, and Oslo allows remote authenticated users to obtain X_AUTH_TOKEN values by reading the message queue (v2/meters/http.request).

Patch / fix

distros 3

debian ubuntu red hat

neutron Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2014.1.2-1
ceilometer Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2014.1.2-1
python-pycadf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.5.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4615

neutron Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1
ceilometer Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.1
python-pycadf Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4615

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

openstack-ceilometer openstack 4 2013.2.3-2.el6ost
python-ceilometer openstack 4 2013.2.3-2.el6ost
openstack-ceilometer-api openstack 4 2013.2.3-2.el6ost
openstack-ceilometer-alarm openstack 4 2013.2.3-2.el6ost
openstack-ceilometer-common openstack 4 2013.2.3-2.el6ost
openstack-ceilometer-central openstack 4 2013.2.3-2.el6ost
openstack-ceilometer-compute openstack 4 2013.2.3-2.el6ost
openstack-ceilometer-collector openstack 4 2013.2.3-2.el6ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1050

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-4615 updated 2026-07-31 cvss 5.0

pycadf: token leak to message queue

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) python-pycadf, openstack-neutron, openstack-ceilometer
affected: no fix available
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 python-ceilometer 2013.2.3-2.el6ost, openstack-ceilometer 2013.2.3-2.el6ost, openstack-ceilometer-api 2013.2.3-2.el6ost, openstack-ceilometer-alarm 2013.2.3-2.el6ost, openstack-ceilometer-common 2013.2.3-2.el6ost, openstack-ceilometer-central 2013.2.3-2.el6ost, +2 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1050
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 openstack-quantum, openstack-ceilometer Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 openstack-neutron
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

ubuntu.com /usn/USN-2311-1
vendor-advisory
rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2014-1050.html
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/68149
vdb-entry
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2014/06/25/6
mailing-list
secunia.com /advisories/60766
third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2014/06/23/8
mailing-list
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/6
mailing-list
secunia.com /advisories/60736
third-party-advisory
secunia.com /advisories/60643
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-4615
NVD CVE-2014-4615

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Summary