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CVE-2022-47951

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-47951 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova versions prior to their respective patched releases. An authenticated attacker can craft a malicious VMDK image to read arbitrary files from the server, potentially exposing sensitive data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.7 (Medium), indicating a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction, but leading to high confidentiality impact. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 19.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 20.0.0, < 20.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 23.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 24.0.0, < 24.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 24.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (22)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: glanceFixed in: 24.1.1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 24.1.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 25.0.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cinderFixed in: 19.1.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: cinderFixed in: 20.0.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: glanceFixed in: 23.0.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) for RHEL 7.6 EUSFixed in: openstack-glance-1:16.0.1-13.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1Fixed in: openstack-nova-1:20.4.1-1.20221005193231.1ee93b9.el8ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1Fixed in: openstack-cinder-1:15.4.0-1.20230206163350.58f0e73.el8ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1Fixed in: openstack-glance-1:19.0.4-1.20230207203320.5bbd356.el8ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: openstack-nova-1:20.6.2-2.20221005185231.6786e96.el8ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: openstack-cinder-1:15.6.1-2.20221003154726.87578a0.el8ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: openstack-glance-1:19.0.5-2.20220113204850.b3de9da.el8ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0Fixed in: openstack-nova-1:23.2.2-0.20221209190753.7074ac0.el9ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0Fixed in: openstack-cinder-1:18.2.1-0.20230202190311.1776695.el9ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0Fixed in: openstack-glance-1:22.1.1-0.20220919210603.677c89c.el9ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 - ELSFixed in: openstack-nova-1:17.0.13-40.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 - ELSFixed in: openstack-cinder-1:12.0.10-27.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 - ELSFixed in: openstack-glance-1:16.0.1-13.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-1:17.0.13-40.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) for RHEL 7.6 EUSFixed in: openstack-cinder-1:12.0.10-27.el7ost
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ubuntupatch availablevia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-7h75-hwxx-qpgcmedium

OpenStack Cinder, glance, and Nova vulnerable to Path Traversal

Jan 27, 2023
redhatCVE-2022-47951Important

openstack: Arbitrary file access through custom VMDK flat descriptor

Jan 24, 2023

References

launchpad.net / bugs/1996188
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00040.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00041.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00042.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2023-002.html
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5336
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5337
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5338
Third Party Advisory