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CVE-2020-17376

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-17376 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting OpenStack Nova versions before 19.3.1, 20.x before 20.3.1, and 21.0.0. An authenticated user can gain unauthorized access to destination host devices by performing a soft reboot on an instance that previously underwent live migration, potentially accessing different Cinder volumes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.3 (High) and is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 19.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 20.0.0, < 20.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:21.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 19.3.1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 20.3.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)Fixed in: openstack-nova-1:14.1.0-65.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: openstack-nova-1:17.0.13-24.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) for RHEL 7.6 EUSFixed in: openstack-nova-1:17.0.13-24.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15.0 (Stein)Fixed in: openstack-nova-1:19.1.0-0.20200207070459.bf9d9e5.el8ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.0 (Train)Fixed in: openstack-nova-1:20.1.2-0.20200401205215.28324e6.el8ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1Fixed in: openstack-nova-1:20.3.1-0.20200626213436.38ee1f3.el8ost
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: openstack-nova

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-c7w7-9c85-4qxvhigh

OpenStack Nova Live migration fails to update persistent domain XML

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2020-17376Important

openstack-nova: Soft reboot after live-migration reverts instance to original source domain XML

Aug 25, 2020

References

launchpad.net / bugs/1890501
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2020-006.html
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/08/25/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory