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GHSA-v725-c588-h936 CVE-2022-37394 PYSEC-2026-882

OpenStack Nova Changing vnic_type breaks compute service restart

Low PyPI
Severity
3.3 / 10
Low · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
0.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 23.73% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
—
Not classified
Fix
23.2.2
Upgrade nova to this version or later

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 23.2.2, 24.x before 24.1.2, and 25.x before 25.0.2. By creating a neutron port with the direct vnic_type, creating an instance bound to that port, and then changing the vnic_type of the bound port to macvtap, an authenticated user may cause the compute service to fail to restart, resulting in a possible denial of service. Only Nova deployments configured with SR-IOV are affected.

Affected versions

PyPI

PackageVulnerableFixed in
nova
< 23.2.2
23.2.2
nova
>= 24.0.0, < 24.1.2
24.1.2
nova
>= 25.0.0, < 25.0.2
25.0.2
nova
< 23.2.2
>= 24.0.0, < 24.1.2
>= 25.0.0, < 25.0.2
23.2.2
24.1.2
25.0.2

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

nova PyPI → 23.2.2

pip
pip install --upgrade "nova>=23.2.2"
poetry
poetry add "nova>=23.2.2"
uv
uv add "nova>=23.2.2"

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 3.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
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Low Also affects nova
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Low Also affects nova
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Medium Also affects nova
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