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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-c7w7-9c85-4qxv)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431903
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- An issue was discovered in Guest.migrate in virt/libvirt/guest.py in OpenStack Nova before 19.3.1, 20.x
before 20.3.1, and 21.0.0. By performing a soft reboot of an instance that has previously undergone live
migration, a user may gain access to destination host devices that share the same paths as host devices
previously referenced by the virtual machine on the source host. This can include block devices that map
to different Cinder volumes at the destination than at the source. Only deployments allowing host-based
connections (for instance, root and ephemeral devices) are affected. (CVE-2020-17376)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 431903
Version: Revision 1.2
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 8/7/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.5
Percentile: 57.18
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17376
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.3
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.7
Threat Score: 7.4
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-17376
cwe: CWE-611