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CVE-2016-8611
A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API POST method for authenticated users, resulting in possible denial of service attacks through database table saturation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| 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 17% 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 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
The Openstack Foundation · openstack-glance
- affected v1 and v2
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1037312 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 94378 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161027 [OSSN-0076] Glance Image service v1 and v2 api image-create vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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