Vulnerability PYSEC-2026-868

Medium Risk
MEDIUM RISK
CVSS Score: 5.7
Score Range: 4.0–6.9
Medium severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 4.0–6.9). Important issues that meaningfully reduce security confidence.
4 months ago
July 07, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
OpenStack Cinder, glance, and Nova vulnerable to Path Traversal
15.1.5 - 24.1.1 and 25.0.0 - 25.0.1
15.1.5 - 24.1.1 and 25.0.0 - 25.0.1

Summary

OpenStack Cinder, glance, and Nova vulnerable to Path Traversal

Details

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance before 23.0.1, 24.x before 24.1.1, and 25.0.0; and Nova before 24.1.2, 25.x before 25.0.2, and 26.0.0. By supplying a specially created VMDK flat image that references a specific backing file path, an authenticated user may convince systems to return a copy of that file's contents from the server, resulting in unauthorized access to potentially sensitive data.

Impacted packages

Timeline

Published
4 months ago
July 07, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
Last Modified
4 months ago
July 13, 2026 at 04:43 PM UTC