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CVE-2016-7498

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7498 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (nova) 13.0.0, stemming from a regression of CVE-2015-3280. This flaw allows authenticated users to consume excessive disk space on compute nodes by deleting instances while they are in a "resize" state. Rated 6.5 Medium (CVSSv3), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires authenticated access, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute_\(nova\):13.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0234 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 21,924 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7498Moderate

openstack-nova: May fail to delete images in resize state regression

Sep 21, 2016

References

security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2016-011.html
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93068
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry