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CVE-2015-7548

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using...

3.5 LowFix available

CVE-2015-7548 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in Openstack Nova, published January 12, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.80%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in nova 2:13.0.0~rc3-1.

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.80%Up 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.5

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Record
CVE-2015-7548
CVSS 3.0
3.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Record
CVE-2015-7548
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-7462 No score

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Record
EUVD-2015-7462
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6q7v-7634-xrvf 3.5

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using...

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Record
GHSA-6q7v-7634-xrvf
CVSS 3.0
3.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 3.5

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Record
CVE-2015-7548
CVSS 3.0
3.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-7548 3.5

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7548
CVSS 3.0
3.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7548 3.5

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7548
CVSS 3.0
3.5 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2325-1 No score

Security update for openstack-keystone, openstack-nova, and openstack-swift

This update for openstack-keystone, openstack-nova, and openstack-swift fixes the following issues:

  • Fix hybrid backend from keystone v3 (bsc#967356)
  • Fix cleanup when block migration fails (bsc#960015)
  • Avoid host data leak (bsc#960601, CVE-2015-7548)
  • Fix init script for openstack-swift-object-expirer
  • Mark backend_argument as secret (bsc#929628, CVE-2015-3646)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2325-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3449-1 No score

nova vulnerabilities

George Shuklin discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled the migration process. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3241)

George Shuklin and Tushar Patil discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled deleting instances. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to consume disk resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-3280)

It was discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly limited qemu-img calls. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5162)

Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled snapshots. A remote authenticated user could use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2015-7548)

Sreekumar S. and Suntao discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly applied security group changes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended restriction changes by leveraging an instance that was running when the change was made. (CVE-2015-7713)

Matt Riedemann discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled logging. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information from log files. (CVE-2015-8749)

Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled certain qcow2 headers. A remote authenticated user could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2016-2140)

Record
USN-3449-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nova
Debian:12
before 2:13.0.0~rc3-1
2:13.0.0~rc3-1
nova
Debian:13
before 2:13.0.0~rc3-1
2:13.0.0~rc3-1
nova
Debian:14
before 2:13.0.0~rc3-1
2:13.0.0~rc3-1
openstack-nova
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-api
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-cells
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-cert
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-common
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-compute
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-conductor
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openstack-nova-console
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-doc
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-network
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-novncproxy
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-objectstore
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-scheduler
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova-serialproxy
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
python-nova
Red Hat:openstack:5::el6
before 0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
openstack-nova
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-api
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-cells
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-cert
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-common
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-compute
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-conductor
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-console
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-doc
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-network
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-novncproxy
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-objectstore
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-scheduler
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova-serialproxy
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
python-nova
Red Hat:openstack:5::el7
before 0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
openstack-nova
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-api
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-cells
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-cert
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-common
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-compute
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-conductor
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-console
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-doc
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-network
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-novncproxy
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-objectstore
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-scheduler
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova-serialproxy
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
python-nova
Red Hat:openstack:6::el7
before 0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
openstack-nova
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-api
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-cells
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-cert
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-common
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-compute
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-conductor
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-console
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-doc
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-network
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-novncproxy
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-objectstore
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-scheduler
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-serialproxy
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-nova-spicehtml5proxy
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
python-nova
Red Hat:openstack:7::el7
before 0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
openstack-keystone
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 2014.2.4.juno-17.1
2014.2.4.juno-17.1
openstack-keystone-doc
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 2014.2.4.juno-17.2
2014.2.4.juno-17.2
openstack-nova
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 2014.2.4.juno-29.1
2014.2.4.juno-29.1
openstack-nova-doc
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 2014.2.4.juno-29.1
2014.2.4.juno-29.1
openstack-swift
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 2.1.0-14.1
2.1.0-14.1
openstack-swift-doc
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 2.1.0-14.1
2.1.0-14.1
nova
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7, plus listed versions
1:2013.2~rc2-0ubuntu11:2013.2-0ubuntu11:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu11:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu21:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu3
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1:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu41:2014.1~b3-0ubuntu11:2014.1~b3-0ubuntu21:2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu11:2014.1~rc2-0ubuntu11:2014.1-0ubuntu11:2014.1-0ubuntu1.21:2014.1.1-0ubuntu11:2014.1.1-0ubuntu21:2014.1.2-0ubuntu11:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1.11:2014.1.3-0ubuntu11:2014.1.3-0ubuntu1.11:2014.1.3-0ubuntu21:2014.1.4-0ubuntu21:2014.1.4-0ubuntu2.11:2014.1.5-0ubuntu11:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.11:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.21:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.31:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.41:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.51:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.6
1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.7

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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