CVE-2015-8914

critical
Published 2022-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
6.4
VIR risk
9.1

Description

The IPTables firewall in OpenStack Neutron before 7.0.4 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.0 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended ICMPv6-spoofing protection mechanism and consequently cause a denial of service or intercept network traffic via a link-local source address.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
94%
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-2015-8914

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-009.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8914.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:8.1.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:8.1.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:8.1.2-1
debian debiansidfixed2:8.1.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:8.1.2-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIneutron<7.0.57.0.5
python PyPIneutron>=8.0.0,<8.1.18.1.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openstackneutron{"startIncluding":"7.0.0","endExcluding":"7.0.4"}7.0.4

References

CWEs

CWE-254

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