CVE-2019-3895
Openstack Octavia Access Control Vulnerability
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
- Record
CVE-2019-3895- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0100
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0100- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jjgh-m322-fjx6
Openstack Octavia Access Control Vulnerability
Description
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
Mitigation
To prevent this vulnerability:
- Update Octavia's configuration setting (octavia.conf) to
amp_image_owner_id = $UUID_OF_SERVICE_PROJECTon all Octavia nodes. - Enable the new configuration by restarting both
octavia_workerandoctavia_health_manager.
- Record
GHSA-jjgh-m322-fjx6- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
- Record
CVE-2019-3895- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
- Record
CVE-2019-3895- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSVGHSA-jjgh-m322-fjx6
Openstack Octavia Access Control Vulnerability
Description
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
Mitigation
To prevent this vulnerability:
- Update Octavia's configuration setting (octavia.conf) to
amp_image_owner_id = $UUID_OF_SERVICE_PROJECTon all Octavia nodes. - Enable the new configuration by restarting both
octavia_workerandoctavia_health_manager.
- Record
GHSA-jjgh-m322-fjx6- CVSS 4.0
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2019:1683
Red Hat Security Advisory: openstack-tripleo-common security and bug fix update
- Record
RHSA-2019:1683- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:1742
Red Hat Security Advisory: openstack-tripleo-common security and bug fix update
- Record
RHSA-2019:1742- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-3895
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3895- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2019-194 No score
An access-control flaw was found in the Octavia service when the cloud platform was deployed using Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director. An attacker could cause new amphorae to run based on any arbitrary image. This meant that a remote attacker could upload a new amphorae image and, if requested to spawn new amphorae, Octavia would then pick up the compromised image.
- Record
PYSEC-2019-194- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
octaviaPyPI |
before 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 |
octaviaPyPI |
before 0.9.0, plus listed versions 0.5.20.8.00.8.1 |
0.9.0 |
openstack-tripleo-commonRed Hat:openstack:14::el7 |
before 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost | 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost |
openstack-tripleo-common-container-baseRed Hat:openstack:14::el7 |
before 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost | 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost |
openstack-tripleo-common-containersRed Hat:openstack:14::el7 |
before 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost | 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost |
openstack-tripleo-common-devtoolsRed Hat:openstack:14::el7 |
before 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost | 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost |
python2-tripleo-commonRed Hat:openstack:14::el7 |
before 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost | 0:9.5.0-5.el7ost |
openstack-tripleo-commonRed Hat:openstack:13::el7 |
before 0:8.6.8-11.el7ost | 0:8.6.8-11.el7ost |
openstack-tripleo-common-container-baseRed Hat:openstack:13::el7 |
before 0:8.6.8-11.el7ost | 0:8.6.8-11.el7ost |
openstack-tripleo-common-containersRed Hat:openstack:13::el7 |
before 0:8.6.8-11.el7ost | 0:8.6.8-11.el7ost |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openstack-tripleo-common-devtoolsRed Hat:openstack:13::el7 |
before 0:8.6.8-11.el7ost | 0:8.6.8-11.el7ost |
octaviaUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.0.0-0ubuntu16.0.0~b1~git2019121614.45cb1e4e-0ubuntu16.0.0~b2~git2020020614.005cd1e6-0ubuntu16.0.0~b2~git2020020614.005cd1e6-0ubuntu26.0.0~b3~git2020032609.73fca169-0ubuntu1 Show 9 moreShow less6.0.0~b3~git2020041014.771a5d87-0ubuntu16.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.16.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.26.1.0-0ubuntu16.2.0-0ubuntu16.2.1-0ubuntu16.2.1-0ubuntu26.2.2-0ubuntu16.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 |
None known |
octaviaUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:9.0.0-0ubuntu11:9.0.0+git2021120816.ab3c3ef7-0ubuntu11:9.0.1+git2022011217.27e5b27d-0ubuntu11:9.0.1+git2022030314.328ffbab-0ubuntu11:10.0.0-0ubuntu1 Show 7 moreShow less1:10.1.0-0ubuntu11:10.1.1-0ubuntu11:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.11:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.21:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.31:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.41:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.5 |
None known |
octaviaUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:13.0.0-0ubuntu11:13.0.0+git2024011917.5750e451-0ubuntu11:14.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu11:14.0.0-0ubuntu11:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.1 Show 5 moreShow less1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.21:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.31:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.41:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.51:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 |
None known |
octaviaUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:16.0.0-0ubuntu11:16.0.0+git2025070714.0f04d4007-0ubuntu11:17.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu11:17.0.0-0ubuntu11:17.0.0-0ubuntu1.1 |
None known |
octaviaUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:18.0.0-0ubuntu21:18.0.0+git20260817.63.0e6ea11-0ubuntu11:19.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu11:19.0.0-0ubuntu1 |
None known |
octaviaUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:17.0.0-0ubuntu11:17.0.0+git20260116.e805a93-0ubuntu11:18.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu21:18.0.0-0ubuntu11:18.0.0-0ubuntu21:18.0.0-0ubuntu2.1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD, OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-3895 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Openstack Octavia, published June 3, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.61%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in octavia 0.9.0.
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3895
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1683
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3895
github.com/openstack/octavia/commit/d7d062a47ab54a540d81f13a0e5f3085ebfaa0d2
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bugs.launchpad.net/octavia/+bug/1620629
opendev.org/openstack/octavia/commit/d7d062a47ab54a540d81f13a0e5f3085ebfaa0d2
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2019/rhsa-2019_1683.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3895
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3895