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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : OpenStack Glance vulnerabilities (USN-8199-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 309914

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8199-1 advisory.

 Martin Kaesberger discovered that OpenStack Glance's image processing could return the contents of arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to exfiltrate sensitive data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-32498)

 Hyeongeun Ji and Abhishek Kekane discovered several server-side request forgery vulnerabilities in OpenStack Glance's image import. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass URL validation checks and redirect to internal services. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2026-34881)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8199-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 309914

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8199-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2026

Updated: 4/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32498

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-glance, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance-registry, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance-api, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:glance-glare, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-glance

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-32498, CVE-2026-34881

USN: 8199-1