7.5

CVE-2016-0738: openstack swift Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-fxwr-2vxm-cg7pPYSEC-2026-932UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0738
Published 29-01-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0738 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openstack swift. EPSS estimates a 3.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.85%
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 7 · Related 1
RHSA-2016:0126RHSA-2016:0127RHSA-2016:0128RHSA-2016:0155RHSA-2016:0328RHSA-2016:0329

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.1 (Kilo), 2.4.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 (Liberty) do not properly close server connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy-server resource consumption) via a series of interrupted requests to a Large Object URL.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.85%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.85% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.85%

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

Debian1 product
  • swift< 2.5.0-3
Openstack1 product
  • swift≤ 2.3.0 | 2.4.0 | 2.5.0
PyPI1 product
  • swift< 2.3.1 | ≥ 2.4.0, < 2.5.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • swift< 1.13.1-0ubuntu1.5

4 vendors · 4 products

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