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CVE-2015-5163
The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allows remote…
Low3.5EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted backing file for a qcow2 image.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 49 days later
· 49 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIglanceGHSA-q73f-vjc2-3gqf (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- RHSA-2015:1639 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [openstack-announce] 20150813 [OSSA 2015-014] Glance v2 API host file disclosure through qcow2 backing file (CVE-2015-5163) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 76346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1471912 (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-q73f-vjc2-3gqf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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