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CVE-2015-9543 json

OpenStack Nova can leak consoleauth token into log files

published 2020-02-19 6 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf , PYSEC-2026-857 , EUVD-2022-1881

cvss
3.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 18.2.4, 19.x before 19.1.0, and 20.x before 20.1.0. It can leak consoleauth tokens into log files. An attacker with read access to the service's logs may obtain tokens used for console access. All Nova setups using novncproxy are affected. This is related to NovaProxyRequestHandlerBase.new_websocket_client in console/websocketproxy.py.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nova 18.2.4, 19.1.0, 20.1.0
  • openstack nova 18.2.4, 19.1.0, 20.1.0
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:20.1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9543

  • nova Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2:17.0.13-0ubuntu5.3
  • nova Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:21.0.0~b1~git2019120415.45fb747c98-0ubuntu1
  • nova Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9543

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

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-2015-9543 updated cvss 3.3

openstack-nova: leak consoleauth tokens into log files

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) python-nova, openstack-nova, python-nova-tests, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cert, openstack-nova-cells, +11 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) python-nova, openstack-nova, python-nova-tests, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cells, openstack-nova-common, +10 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein) python3-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cells, openstack-nova-common, openstack-nova-compute, +8 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-common, openstack-nova-compute, openstack-nova-console, +6 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python3-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-common, openstack-nova-compute, openstack-nova-conductor, +5 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 openstack-nova
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16 (Train) python3-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-common, openstack-nova-compute, openstack-nova-console, +6 more
    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

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi nova
<18.2.4
>=19.0.0, <19.1.0
>=20.0.0, <20.1.0
18.2.4
19.1.0
20.1.0

Classification

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

References

Sources

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