CVE-2015-7713

medium
Published 2022-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) do not properly apply security group changes, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restriction by leveraging an instance that was running when the change was made.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7713

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-021.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:12.0.0-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1:12.0.0-2
debian debianforkyfixed1:12.0.0-2
debian debiansidfixed1:12.0.0-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1:12.0.0-2

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPInova<2014.2.42014.2.4
python PyPInova>=2015.1.0,<2015.1.22015.1.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openstacknova{"startIncluding":"2014.2","endExcluding":"2014.2.4"}2014.2.4

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.