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CVE-2016-7404

Openstack Magnum Unsafe Credential Handling

Also known as GHSA-793v-r35j-9rp9, PYSEC-2026-437

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.9%
percentile 80%
Public exploits
0
none known

OpenStack Magnum passes OpenStack credentials into the Heat templates creating its instances. While these should just be used for retrieving the instances' SSL certificates, they allow full API access, though and can be used to perform any API operation the user is authorized to perform.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.88% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pypiopenstack-magnum
<5.0.0
5.0.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

  • bugs.launchpad.net /magnum/+bug/1620536 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=998182 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/98467 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • opendev.org /openstack/magnum/commit/0bb0d6486d6771ee21bbf897a091b1aa59e01b22 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7404 · advisory
  • github.com /openstack/magnum/commit/e93d82e8b3bc19211efd54edc17aebdca50670c1 · web
  • github.com /openstack/magnum · package
  • web.archive.org /web/20210124052053/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98467 · web
  • pypi.org /project/openstack-magnum · package
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-793v-r35j-9rp9 · advisory

Sources

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