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CVE-2019-15753

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-15753 is a critical vulnerability affecting OpenStack os-vif versions 1.15.x before 1.15.2 and 1.16.0, specifically when using the linuxbridge backend. A hard-coded MAC aging time of 0 disables MAC learning, leading to obligatory Ethernet flooding of non-local destinations. This significantly impacts network performance and allows tenants to potentially view other tenants' packet content. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), indicating a high-impact, easily exploitable flaw with network access and low attack complexity, resulting in high confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.15.0, < 1.15.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:os-vif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:os-vif:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: os-vifFixed in: 1.15.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: os-vifFixed in: 1.17.0
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)Fixed in: python-os-vif

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-mcpw-cp35-p3h8critical

OpenStack os-vif Ageing time of 0 disables linuxbridge MAC learning

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-15753Moderate

python-os-vif: Hard-coded MAC aging time of 0 disables MAC learning in linuxbridge

Aug 28, 2019

References

launchpad.net / bugs/1837252
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
review.opendev.org / 672834
Patch
review.opendev.org / 678098
Patch
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2019-004.html
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/08/29/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory