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CVE-2015-0259

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0259 is a critical vulnerability affecting OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.3, and kilo-3. The flaw stems from a lack of websocket request origin validation, enabling remote attackers to hijack user authentication for console access through specially crafted webpages. With a CVSS score of 5.1, this vulnerability has a network attack vector, high access complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2014.1, < 2014.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2014.2, < 2014.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2015.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2015.1.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2015.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2015.1.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 2014.1.4
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 2014.2.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2014.1.4-3.el6ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2014.1.4-3.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2014.2.2-19.el7ost
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: openstack-nova

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvfmedium

OpenStack Compute (Nova) has Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-0259Important

openstack-nova: console Cross-Site WebSocket hijacking

Mar 10, 2015

References

lists.openstack.org / pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-March/000341.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0790.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0844.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/1409142
Third Party Advisory