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CVE-2016-4383

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4383 describes a critical vulnerability in HPE Helion Openstack Glance where deleted image IDs can be reassigned. This allows authenticated attackers to trick other users into booting into a modified, potentially malicious, image without their knowledge. With a CVSS score of 8.4 (High), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with high privileges and user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:helion_openstack_glance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0274 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 146 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)Fixed in: openstack-glance
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)Fixed in: openstack-glance

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4383Moderate

openstack-glance: glance-manage db purge breaks image immutability expectation

Jun 17, 2016

References

bugs.launchpad.net / glance/+bug/1593799
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
MitigationVendor Advisory
wiki.openstack.org / wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0075
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93106
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry