CVE-2016-8611: the openstack foundation openstack-glance Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-8611 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the openstack foundation openstack-glance. EPSS estimates a 2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 31-07-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- CVE.orgCNA4.3MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.03 pp
From 2.33% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse36 products
- ardana-ansible&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 8.0+git.1539739656.0ef51c9-3.46.1
- ardana-ansible&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8< 8.0+git.1539739656.0ef51c9-3.46.1
- ardana-barbican&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 8.0+git.1534266594.8136db7-4.27.2
- ardana-barbican&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8< 8.0+git.1534266594.8136db7-4.27.2
- ardana-cinder&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 8.0+git.1535412193.d9ad231-3.27.2
Debian1 product
- glanceAll versions (No fix recorded)
The openstack foundation1 product
- openstack-glancev1 and v2
Ubuntu1 product
- glanceAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 39 products
References
35 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384X Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
