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CVE-2016-2140
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-12T14:59:10.120 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:43:31.107

Summary

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

Affected products

openstack — nova

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References

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