CVE-2015-5163

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary file

3.5 LowFix available

The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted backing file for a qcow2 image.

Exploit likelihood

1.50%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.5

Record: CVE-2015-5163
CVSS 2.0: 3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2015-5163
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-0036 No score

Record: EUVD-2015-0036
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q73f-vjc2-3gqf 7.1

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary file

Record: GHSA-q73f-vjc2-3gqf
CVSS 4.0: 7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-q73f-vjc2-3gqf 7.1

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary file

Record: GHSA-q73f-vjc2-3gqf
CVSS 4.0: 7.1 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Record: CVE-2015-5163
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-5163 No score

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5163
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVPYSEC-2015-39 No score

Record: PYSEC-2015-39
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

openstack glance

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`glance` PyPI	2015.1.0 up to 2015.1.2	2015.1.2
`glance` Debian:12	before 2015.1.0-4	2015.1.0-4
`glance` Debian:13	before 2015.1.0-4	2015.1.0-4
`glance` Debian:14	before 2015.1.0-4	2015.1.0-4
`openstack-glance` Red Hat:openstack:7::el7	before 0:2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1	0:2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1
`openstack-glance-doc` Red Hat:openstack:7::el7	before 0:2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1	0:2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1
`python-glance` Red Hat:openstack:7::el7	before 0:2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1	0:2015.1.0-6.el7ost.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-5163 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in Openstack Glance, published August 19, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.50%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in glance 2015.1.2.

References

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