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CVE-2015-5251: OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions

May 17, 2022 (updated January 20, 2026)

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) allow remote authenticated users to change the status of their images and bypass access restrictions via the HTTP x-image-meta-status header to images/*.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1897
  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5251
  • bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1482371
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263511
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q748-mcwg-xmqv
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5251
  • opendev.org/openstack/glance
  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1897.html
  • security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-019.html

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2011.2 before 2014.2.4, all versions starting from 2015.1.0 before 2015.1.2

Fixed versions

  • 2014.2.4
  • 2015.1.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2014.2.4, 2015.1.2 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Source file

pypi/glance/CVE-2015-5251.yml

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