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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420392

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2015-0259)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 420392

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0259

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0259

BID: 73687

cwe: CWE-345