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CVE-2015-5251

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5251 describes a vulnerability in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) versions before 2014.2.4 (Juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (Kilo), allowing remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions and alter image status through the x-image-meta-status HTTP header. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized modification of image integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2014.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2015.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2015.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2015.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):2015.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 21,958 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: glanceFixed in: 2015.1.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: glanceFixed in: 2014.2.4
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: openstack-glance-0:2014.1.5-3.el6ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-glance-0:2014.1.5-3.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-glance-0:2014.2.3-3.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-glance-0:2015.1.1-3.el7ost
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Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-q748-mcwg-xmqvmedium

OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-5251Moderate

openstack-glance allows illegal modification of image status

Sep 22, 2015

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1897.html
bugs.launchpad.net / bugs/1482371
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2015-019.html
Vendor Advisory