VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-7548

CVSS score3.5 LOW
EPSS probability1.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-01-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Primary references