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CVE-2014-7960
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata…
Medium4.0EPSS 3.0%
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Description
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (11)
- SUSE-SU-2015:1846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141008 Re: CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Swift (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1365350 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openstack-swift-cve20147960-sec-bypass(96901) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141007 CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Swift (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2704-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 70279 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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