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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-qr62-r9xc-r2gj)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432764

Description

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

 - Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenStack Nova before 2011.3.1, when the EC2 API and the
 S3/RegisterImage image-registration method are enabled, allow remote authenticated users to overwrite
 arbitrary files via a crafted (1) tarball or (2) manifest. (CVE-2011-4596)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qr62-r9xc-r2gj

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432764

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4596

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 12/13/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4596

BID: 51047

cwe: CWE-22