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CVE-2016-7498
OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0 does not properly delete instances from compute nodes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a…
Medium6.5EPSS 2.3%
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- redhat
Description
OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0 does not properly delete instances from compute nodes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting instances while in the resize state. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-3280 regression.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% 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 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 93068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160923 [OSSA 2016-011] Nova may fail to delete images in resize state regression (CVE-2016-7498) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160921 Re: CVE request for vulnerability in OpenStack Nova (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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