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Fencer Intel
medium 5.9

CVE-2017-2592 json

oslo.middleware Information Disclosure vulnerability

published 2018-05-08 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-xcp8-hh74-f6mc , PYSEC-2018-104 , EUVD-2018-0109

cvss
5.9
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

python-oslo-middleware before versions 3.8.1, 3.19.1, 3.23.1 is vulnerable to an information disclosure. Software using the CatchError class could include sensitive values in a traceback's error message. System users could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from OpenStack component error logs (for example, keystone tokens).

Patch / fix

  • pypi oslo-middleware 3.8.1, 3.19.1, 3.23.1
  • python-oslo.middleware Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.19.0-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2592

  • python-oslo.middleware Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.8.0-2ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2592

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

  • python-oslo-middleware openstack 10 3.19.0-1.2.el7ost
  • python-oslo-middleware-lang openstack 10 3.19.0-1.2.el7ost
  • python-oslo-middleware-tests openstack 10 3.19.0-1.2.el7ost
  • python-oslo-middleware openstack 9 3.7.0-2.el7ost
  • python-oslo-middleware-tests openstack 9 3.7.0-2.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0300RHSA-2017:0435

  • python-oslo.db OpenStack Cloud 7 4.13.6-3.3.3
  • python-oslo.log OpenStack Cloud 7 3.16.1-3.3.3
  • python-oslotest OpenStack Cloud 7 2.10.1-3.3.1
  • python-oslo.cache OpenStack Cloud 7 1.14.1-3.3.3
  • python-oslo.utils OpenStack Cloud 7 3.16.1-3.3.3
  • python-oslo.vmware OpenStack Cloud 7 2.14.1-3.3.1
  • python-oslo.service OpenStack Cloud 7 1.16.1-3.3.1
  • python-oslo.messaging OpenStack Cloud 7 5.10.2-3.6.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3924-1SUSE-SU-2017:1062-1SUSE-SU-2017:0848-1

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-2017-2592 updated cvss 5.9

python-oslo-middleware: CatchErrors leaks sensitive values into error logs

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 python-oslo-middleware 3.7.0-2.el7ost, python-oslo-middleware-tests 3.7.0-2.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0435
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 python-oslo-middleware 3.19.0-1.2.el7ost, python-oslo-middleware-lang 3.19.0-1.2.el7ost, python-oslo-middleware-tests 3.19.0-1.2.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0300
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) python-oslo-middleware Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) python-oslo-middleware Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) python-oslo-middleware Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) python-oslo-middleware Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) python-oslo-middleware Red Hat Storage 3 python-oslo-middleware, python-oslo-middleware-lang, python-oslo-middleware-tests
    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

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi oslo-middleware
>=3.9.0, <3.19.1
<3.8.1
>=3.20.0, <3.23.1
3.19.1
3.8.1
3.23.1

Affected products

  • unspecified python-oslo-middleware

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

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.