CVE-2024-32498 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) CWE-552 vulnerability in cinder. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova vulnerable to arbitrary file access
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-32498.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder through 24.0.0, Glance before 28.0.2, and Nova before 29.0.3. Arbitrary file access can occur via custom QCOW2 external data. By supplying a crafted QCOW2 image that references a specific data file path, an authenticated user may convince systems to return a copy of that file's contents from the server, resulting in unauthorized access to potentially sensitive data. All Cinder and Nova deployments are affected; only Glance deployments with image conversion enabled are affected.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | cinder | all versions | No fix |
| 🐍PyPI | glance | all versions | No fix |
| 🐍PyPI | nova | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
cinderopenstackglanceopenstacknovaopenstackDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for cinder, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
The records we use list no patched version of cinder for CVE-2024-32498. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.
Mitigate without a patch
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.
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.
The vast majority of deployments of Red Hat OpenStack Platform should be assumed to be vulnerable as they are likely to be using at least one of the impacted services: Compute (nova), Block Storage (cinder), and Image (glance). While an attacker must have valid login credentials to exploit this vulnerability,…
Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2024-32498 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 | openstack-cinder-1:15.4.0-1.20230510003503.el8ost | RHSA-2024:4425 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | openstack-cinder-1:15.6.1-2.20230906144858.el8ost | RHSA-2024:4273 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 8 | openstack-nova-1:23.2.3-17.1.20231018123754.el8ost | RHSA-2024:4274 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9 | openstack-cinder-1:18.2.2-17.1.20231011140829.el9ost | RHSA-2024:4272 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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