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CVE-2014-9493 json

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…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-9310

cvss
5.5
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

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • openstack image_registry_and_delivery_service_(glance) 2014.1.4, 2014.2.2
  • glance Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2014.1.3-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9493

  • openstack-glance openstack 5 2014.1.3-4.el6ost
  • openstack-glance openstack 4 2013.2.4-3.el6ost
  • openstack-glance openstack 5 2014.1.3-4.el7ost
  • python-glance openstack 5 2014.1.3-4.el6ost
  • python-glance openstack 4 2013.2.4-3.el6ost
  • python-glance openstack 5 2014.1.3-4.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0246

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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-2014-9493 updated cvss 5.5

openstack-glance: unrestricted path traversal flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) openstack-glance
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 python-glance 2013.2.4-3.el6ost, openstack-glance 2013.2.4-3.el6ost Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 python-glance 2014.1.3-4.el6ost, openstack-glance 2014.1.3-4.el6ost Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 python-glance 2014.1.3-4.el7ost, openstack-glance 2014.1.3-4.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0246
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) python-glance, openstack-glance, python-glance-tests Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-glance, openstack-glance Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python3-glance, openstack-glance Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 openstack-glance
    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

2.79% 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 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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