6.5

CVE-2022-3277: openstack neutron Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-w446-h7vg-wv3pPYSEC-2026-855RHSA-2022:8855
Published 06-03-2023Last modified 07-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3277 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in openstack neutron. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.06%
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 1 · Related 1
USN-6067-1

Timeline

  1. 06-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw was found in openstack-neutron. This flaw allows a remote authenticated user to query a list of security groups for an invalid project. This issue creates resources that are unconstrained by the user's quota. If a malicious user were to submit a significant number of requests, this could lead to a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.06% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.06%

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

Redhat11 products
  • openstack_platform13.0 | 16.1 | 16.2
  • openstack-neutron< 1:15.3.5-2.20221005184727.c81fb5b.el8ost | < 1:15.2.1-1.20221005123225.40d217c.el8ost | < 1:18.4.1-0.20221128170741.5258354.el9ost
  • openstack-neutron-common< 1:15.3.5-2.20221005184727.c81fb5b.el8ost | < 1:15.2.1-1.20221005123225.40d217c.el8ost
  • openstack-neutron-linuxbridge< 1:15.3.5-2.20221005184727.c81fb5b.el8ost | < 1:15.2.1-1.20221005123225.40d217c.el8ost
  • openstack-neutron-macvtap-agent< 1:15.3.5-2.20221005184727.c81fb5b.el8ost | < 1:15.2.1-1.20221005123225.40d217c.el8ost
Debian1 product
  • neutron< 2:21.0.0~rc1-3
Openstack1 product
  • neutron< 18.6.0 | ≥ 19.0.0, < 19.5.0
PyPI1 product
  • neutron≥ 19.0.0.0rc1, < 19.5.0 | < 18.6.0 | ≥ 20.0.0.0rc1, < 20.3.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • neutronAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2:12.1.1-0ubuntu8.1 | < 2:16.4.2-0ubuntu6.2 | < 2:20.3.0-0ubuntu1.1

5 vendors · 15 products

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