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CVE-2015-7548

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-7548 is a low-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions prior to 2015.1.3 (Kilo) and 12.0.1 (Liberty) when configured with libvirt and use_cow_images set to false. Authenticated remote attackers can read arbitrary files by manipulating instance disk images and requesting snapshots. The CVSS score is 3.5 (Low), indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in low confidentiality impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.5LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 1,638 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, 0.0 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2014.1.5-16.el6ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2014.1.5-15.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2014.2.3-48.el7ost
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7Fixed in: openstack-nova-0:2015.1.2-13.el7ost
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-7548Important

openstack-nova: Unprivileged API user can access host data using instance snapshot

Jan 7, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0018.html
Third Party Advisory
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2016-001.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/80176
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry