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CVE-2015-8749

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8749 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions prior to 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.1 (liberty) when utilizing the Xen backend. The vulnerability allows attackers to obtain sensitive password information by reading log files, as the connection_info dictionary is inadvertently included in StorageError messages. The attack vector is network-based with high attack complexity, and it has a CVSSv3 score of 5.9. 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
>= 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

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0222 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 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 (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 12.0.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-c36r-g737-9qp8medium

OpenStack Nova Potential Xen connection password leak via StorageError

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-8749Moderate

openstack-nova: Xen connection password leak in logs via StorageError

Jan 7, 2016

References

bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/1516765
Third Party Advisory
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/80189
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry