🛡️ CVE-2015-0259 — nova

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-345 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) has Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for access to consoles via a crafted webpage.

Weakness class

CVE-2015-0259 is classified as CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. Data is trusted without confirming it really came from the claimed source and was not altered.

Affected software

CVE-2015-0259 is recorded against 1 package.

  • nova (from 2014.2.0 up to 2014.2.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 7 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
opendev.org (Package)
lists.openstack.org (Web)
rhn.redhat.com (Web)
rhn.redhat.com (Web)
rhn.redhat.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-345
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nova 2014.2.0 2014.2.3

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