{"id":"CVE-2017-15114","aliases":["EUVD-2017-6575","GHSA-5h4f-9xqg-f36m","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15114"],"status":"published","title":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it...","description":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it defaults to the same certificate authority as all non-libvirtd services. As no additional authentication is configured this allows these services to connect to libvirtd (which is equivalent to root access). If a vulnerability exists in another service it could, combined with this flaw, be exploited to escalate privileges to gain control over compute nodes.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01701,"percentile":0.77386,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-295"],"published":"2017-11-27T16:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:48:14Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"tripleo-heat-templates","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.6.1-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"tripleo-heat-templates","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.2.0-1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"redhat","product":"openstack_platform"}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/commit/?id=994922a8ba996fe68d047df0e1486fa805dbea31","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101971","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15114"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h4f-9xqg-f36m"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15114","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1510015","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://review.openstack.org/#/c/519015/","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15114","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-15114","description":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it defaults to the same certificate authority as all non-libvirtd services. As no additional authentication is configured this allows these services to connect to libvirtd (which is equivalent to root access). If a vulnerability exists in another service it could, combined with this flaw, be exploited to escalate privileges to gain control over compute nodes.","status":"published","published":"2017-11-27T16:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T19:50:16.095Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:14.556599Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2017-6575","description":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it defaults to the same certificate authority as all non-libvirtd services. As no additional authentication is configured this allows these services to connect to libvirtd (which is equivalent to root access). If a vulnerability exists in another service it could, combined with this flaw, be exploited to escalate privileges to gain control over compute nodes.","status":"published","published":"2017-11-27T16:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T19:50:16Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:23:14.849102Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-5h4f-9xqg-f36m","title":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it...","description":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it defaults to the same certificate authority as all non-libvirtd services. As no additional authentication is configured this allows these services to connect to libvirtd (which is equivalent to root access). If a vulnerability exists in another service it could, combined with this flaw, be exploited to escalate privileges to gain control over compute nodes.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:43:37Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:00:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-295"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:04.373532Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-15114","description":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it defaults to the same certificate authority as all non-libvirtd services. As no additional authentication is configured this allows these services to connect to libvirtd (which is equivalent to root access). If a vulnerability exists in another service it could, combined with this flaw, be exploited to escalate privileges to gain control over compute nodes.","status":"published","published":"2017-11-27T16:29:00.327Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:07:16.46Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-295"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:09.7374Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2017-15114","description":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it defaults to the same certificate authority as all non-libvirtd services. As no additional authentication is configured this allows these services to connect to libvirtd (which is equivalent to root access). If a vulnerability exists in another service it could, combined with this flaw, be exploited to escalate privileges to gain control over compute nodes.","status":"published","published":"2017-11-27T16:29:00.327Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:48:14.317649856Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:04.572713Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15114","description":"When libvirtd is configured by OSP director (tripleo-heat-templates) to use the TLS transport it defaults to the same certificate authority as all non-libvirtd services. As no additional authentication is configured this allows these services to connect to libvirtd (which is equivalent to root access). If a vulnerability exists in another service it could, combined with this flaw, be exploited to escalate privileges to gain control over compute nodes.","status":"published","published":"2017-11-27T16:29:00Z","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:32Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:14.563448Z"}]}}