Medium severity · published Jan 26, 2023
CVE-2022-47951
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance before 23.0.1, 24.x before 24.1.1, and 25.0.0; and Nova before 24.1.2, 25.x…
5.7
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance before 23.0.1, 24.x before 24.1.1, and 25.0.0; and Nova before 24.1.2, 25.x before 25.0.2, and 26.0.0. By supplying a specially created VMDK flat image that references a specific backing file path, an authenticated user may convince systems to return a copy of that file's contents from the server, resulting in unauthorized access to potentially sensitive data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CI
Cinder · Openstack
through 19.1.2; 20.0.0 before 20.0.2 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
GL
Glance · Openstack
before 23.0.1; 24.0.0 before 24.1.1 · source: NVD
NO
Nova · Openstack
before 24.1.2; 25.0.0 before 25.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47951
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-47951
Exploit
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1996188
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00040.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00041.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00042.html
Patch
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2023-002.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5336
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