CVE-2014-1948
MEDIUMCVE-2014-1948 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.2) CWE-255 vulnerability in glance. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2014-1948 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
OpenStack Glance sensitive information disclosure via logs
Blast Radius
glanceReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) 2013.2 through 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 logs a URL containing the Swift store backend password when authentication fails and WARNING level logging is enabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | glance | all versions | 11.0.0a0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for glance. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update glance to 11.0.0a0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2014-1948 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2014-1948 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2014-1948. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2014-1948 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2014-1948 across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.