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CVE-2018-16848: OpenStack Mistral DoS

May 24, 2022 (updated September 25, 2024)

A Denial of Service (DoS) condition is possible in OpenStack Mistral in versions up to and including 7.0.3. Submitting a specially crafted workflow definition YAML file containing nested anchors can lead to resource exhaustion culminating in a denial of service.

References

  • bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/1785657
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645332
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-443j-6p7g-6v4w
  • github.com/openstack/mistral
  • github.com/openstack/mistral/commit/eac23d9e774f658f9d4743c99aa2743eb104c3f9
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mistral/PYSEC-2020-240.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16848

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 10.0.0

Fixed versions

  • 10.0.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.0.0 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

pypi/mistral/CVE-2018-16848.yml

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