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CVE-2015-5223 json

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) Sensitive Data Exposure

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-q45h-chc8-hvp6 , PYSEC-2026-934 , EUVD-2022-4873

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.4.0 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a PUT tempurl and a DLO object manifest that references an object in another container.

Patch / fix

  • pypi swift 2.4.0
  • swift Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5223

  • swift Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5223

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  • openstack-swift storage 3.1 1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy storage 3.1 1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-object storage 3.1 1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-account storage 3.1 1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift-container storage 3.1 1.13.1-8.el7ost
  • openstack-swift storage 3.1 1.13.1-8.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy storage 3.1 1.13.1-8.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-object storage 3.1 1.13.1-8.el6ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0328RHSA-2016:0329RHSA-2015:1895

  • openstack-swift OpenStack Cloud 5 2.1.0-11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1846-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5223 updated cvss 4.3

openstack-swift: Information leak via Swift tempurls

  • Red Hat Storage 2 gluster-swift
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-swift 1.13.1-7.el6ost, openstack-swift-proxy 1.13.1-7.el6ost, openstack-swift-object 1.13.1-7.el6ost, openstack-swift-account 1.13.1-7.el6ost, openstack-swift-container 1.13.1-7.el6ost Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-swift 1.13.1-7.el7ost, openstack-swift-proxy 1.13.1-7.el7ost, openstack-swift-object 1.13.1-7.el7ost, openstack-swift-account 1.13.1-7.el7ost, openstack-swift-container 1.13.1-7.el7ost Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 openstack-swift 2.2.0-5.el7ost, openstack-swift-proxy 2.2.0-5.el7ost, openstack-swift-object 2.2.0-5.el7ost, openstack-swift-account 2.2.0-5.el7ost, openstack-swift-container 2.2.0-5.el7ost Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 openstack-swift 2.3.0-2.el7ost, openstack-swift-proxy 2.3.0-2.el7ost, openstack-swift-object 2.3.0-2.el7ost, openstack-swift-account 2.3.0-2.el7ost, openstack-swift-container 2.3.0-2.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1895
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-6 openstack-swift 1.13.1-8.el6ost, openstack-swift-proxy 1.13.1-8.el6ost, openstack-swift-object 1.13.1-8.el6ost, openstack-swift-account 1.13.1-8.el6ost, openstack-swift-container 1.13.1-8.el6ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0329
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.1 on RHEL-7 openstack-swift 1.13.1-8.el7ost, openstack-swift-proxy 1.13.1-8.el7ost, openstack-swift-object 1.13.1-8.el7ost, openstack-swift-account 1.13.1-8.el7ost, openstack-swift-container 1.13.1-8.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0328
  • Red Hat Storage 3 swiftonfile
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% 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

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi swift
<2.4.0
2.4.0

Classification

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

References

Sources

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