5.1

CVE-2015-0259: openstack nova

CVSS: 5.1v2.0MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-RU-2015:1730-1SUSE-SU-2015:1666-1GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf
Published 01-04-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-0259 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in openstack nova. EPSS estimates a 1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.07%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 01-04-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.07% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.07%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat15 products
  • openstack-nova< 0:2014.2.2-19.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-api< 0:2014.2.2-19.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cells< 0:2014.2.2-19.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cert< 0:2014.2.2-19.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-common< 0:2014.2.2-19.el7ost
Suse15 products
  • crowbar-barclamp-ceilometer&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5< 1.9+git.1438201205.04a7436-9.8
  • crowbar-barclamp-cinder&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5< 1.9+git.1438200979.c385b03-10.8
  • crowbar-barclamp-hyperv&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5< 1.9+git.1432022529.1952009-10.8
  • crowbar-barclamp-keystone&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5< 1.9+git.1438197158.e32ec9e-10.7
  • crowbar-barclamp-neutron&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5< 1.9+git.1438265717.eb633ae-9.8
Chainguard4 products
  • openstack-nova-2025.1All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openstack-nova-2025.2< 32.2.0_git20260616-r2 | < 32.2.0_git20260709-r0 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openstack-nova-2026.1< 33.0.1_git20260616-r3 | < 33.0.1_git20260709-r0 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openstack-nova-2026.2All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • nova< 2014.1.3-11
Openstack1 product
  • nova≥ 2014.1, < 2014.1.4 | ≥ 2014.2, < 2014.2.3 | 2015.1.0:milestone1 | 2015.1.0:milestone2
PyPI1 product
  • nova< 2014.1.4 | ≥ 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • nova< 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1

7 vendors · 38 products

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