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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437009

Description

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

 - virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) allows
 remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an image.
 (CVE-2012-3361)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cm54-3vvf-f5p8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 437009

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/27/2026

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: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3361

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3361

BID: 54278