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CVE-2016-8611

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8611 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenStack Glance, affecting both v1 and v2 /images API POST methods. Authenticated users can exploit this by creating an unlimited number of images, leading to database table saturation. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0233 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: openstack-glance

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-8611Low

openstack-glance: Glance Image service v1 and v2 api image-create vulnerability

Oct 27, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2016/q4/266
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
h20566.www2.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94378
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037312
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry