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CVE-2015-0259
OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket…
Medium5.1EPSS 1.1%
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- redhat
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for access to consoles via a crafted webpage.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% 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 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (5)
- [openstack-announce] 20150313 [OSSA 2015-005] Nova console Cross-Site WebSocket hijacking (CVE-2015-0259) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0790 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0843 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1409142 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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