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CVE-2015-5163 json

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary file

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-q73f-vjc2-3gqf , PYSEC-2015-39 , EUVD-2015-0036

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted backing file for a qcow2 image.

Patch / fix

  • pypi glance 2015.1.2
  • glance Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2015.1.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5163

  • openstack-glance openstack 7 2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1
  • python-glance openstack 7 2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1639

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5163 updated cvss 4.0

openstack-glance: Glance v2 API host file disclosure through qcow2 backing file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 python-glance 2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1, openstack-glance 2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1639
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) openstack-glance Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) 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

1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi glance
>=2015.1.0, <2015.1.2
2015.1.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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