CVE-2022-3277 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in neutron. A fix is available for neutron — see the affected versions and patch details below.
openstack-neutron uncontrolled resource consumption flaw
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2022-3277.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2022-3277 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 383,485 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw was found in openstack-neutron. This flaw allows a remote authenticated user to query a list of security groups for an invalid project. This issue creates resources that are unconstrained by the user's quota. If a malicious user were to submit a significant number of requests, this could lead to a denial of service.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | neutron | ≥ 19.0.0.0rc1&&< 19.5.0 | 19.5.0pip install --upgrade 'neutron==19.5.0' |
| 🐍PyPI | neutron | all versions | 18.6.0pip install --upgrade 'neutron==18.6.0' |
| 🐍PyPI | neutron | ≥ 20.0.0.0rc1&&< 20.3.0 | 20.3.0pip install --upgrade 'neutron==20.3.0' |
Affected Products
neutronopenstackopenstack platformredhatDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for neutron, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update neutron to 19.5.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-3277 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
While this vulnerability triggers the usage of API and Database resources, there is no action taken by OpenStack to enforce these new security group rules. As a result, the impact of this Denial of Service is rather limited. So deployments that have a strong trust relationship with all users (such as a private or…
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 | openstack-neutron-1:15.2.1-1.20221005123225.40d217c.el8ost | RHSA-2022:8870 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | openstack-neutron-1:15.3.5-2.20221005184727.c81fb5b.el8ost | RHSA-2022:8855 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0 | openstack-neutron-1:18.4.1-0.20221128170741.5258354.el9ost | RHSA-2023:0275 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-3277 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.