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CVE-2015-0259 json

OpenStack Compute (Nova) has Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

published 2015-04-01 11 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf , PYSEC-2026-883 , EUVD-2022-5749

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for access to consoles via a crafted webpage.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nova 2014.1.4, 2014.2.3
  • openstack nova 2014.1.4, 2014.2.3
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2014.1.3-11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0259

  • openstack-nova openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • python-nova openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-api openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cert openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cells openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-common openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-compute openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-console openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0843RHSA-2015:0844RHSA-2015:0790

  • openstack-nova Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5 2014.2.4~a0~dev61-6.2
  • openstack-suse Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5 2014.2-5.1
  • openstack-neutron Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5 2014.2.4~a0~dev78-7.2
  • openstack-ceilometer Cloud Compute Node for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 5 2014.2.4.dev18-3.2
  • openstack-nova OpenStack Cloud 5 2014.2.4~a0~dev61-11.4
  • openstack-neutron OpenStack Cloud 5 2014.2.4~a0~dev78-13.4
  • crowbar-barclamp-nova OpenStack Cloud 5 1.9+git.1438201051.f8b5f34-9.8
  • crowbar-barclamp-cinder OpenStack Cloud 5 1.9+git.1438200979.c385b03-10.8

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1666-1SUSE-RU-2015:1730-1

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-2015-0259 updated cvss 4.9

openstack-nova: console Cross-Site WebSocket hijacking

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 openstack-nova
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 python-nova 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-api 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cert 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-common 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0844
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 python-nova 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-common 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0843
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 python-nova 2014.2.2-19.el7ost, openstack-nova 2014.2.2-19.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 2014.2.2-19.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 2014.2.2-19.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 2014.2.2-19.el7ost, openstack-nova-common 2014.2.2-19.el7ost, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0790

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

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi nova
<2014.1.4
>=2014.2.0, <2014.2.3
2014.1.4
2014.2.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.