Critical severity · published Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-94572
In OpenStack Octavia before 18.0.1, the Amphora provider driver did not validate the listener and pool tls_ciphers field for control characters
9.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In OpenStack Octavia before 18.0.1, the Amphora provider driver did not validate the listener and pool tls_ciphers field for control characters. The value is written verbatim into the HAProxy configuration generated on the amphora, and thus an authenticated project member who owns a TLS-enabled load balancer can embed a newline and inject arbitrary HAProxy configuration directives. Only deployments using the Amphora provider are affected.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OC
Octavia · OpenStack
6.0.0 before 16.1.0; 17.0.0 before 17.0.1; 18.0.0 before 18.0.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
OC
Octavia
OpenStack
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