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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-f4g4-cj8f-3cr9)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434607

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in exception_wrapper.py in OpenStack Nova 13.x through 13.1.3, 14.x through
 14.0.4, and 15.x through 15.0.1. Legacy notification exception contexts appearing in ERROR level logs may
 include sensitive information such as account passwords and authorization tokens. (CVE-2017-7214)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f4g4-cj8f-3cr9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434607

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

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: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7214

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: 3/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7214

BID: 96998

cwe: CWE-532