Medium severity · published Dec 4, 2020
CVE-2020-29565
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Horizon before 15.3.2, 16.x before 16.2.1, 17.x and 18.x before 18.3.3, 18.4.x, and 18.5.x
6.1
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Horizon before 15.3.2, 16.x before 16.2.1, 17.x and 18.x before 18.3.3, 18.4.x, and 18.5.x. There is a lack of validation of the "next" parameter, which would allow someone to supply a malicious URL in Horizon that can cause an automatic redirect to the provided malicious URL.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
HO
Horizon · Openstack
15.3.0 before 15.3.2; 16.0.0 before 16.2.1; 17.0.0 before 18.3.3; 18.4.0 through 18.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29565
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-29565
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/08/2
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1865026
Patch
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/horizon/+/758841/
Patch
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/horizon/+/758843/
Patch
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2020-008.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4820
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