OpenStack Glance v2 API unrestricted path traversal through filesystem:// scheme
The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in a filesystem:// URL in the image location property. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-9493.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | glance | < 11.0.0a0 | 11.0.0a0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1195
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/5191ed1879c5fd5b2694f922bcedec232f461088
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/7d3a1db33ccbd25b9fc7326ce3468eabd2a41a99
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/a2d986b976e9325a272e2d422465165315d19fe6
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1408663
- https://github.com/openstack/glance
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-January/000325.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62169
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/15/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71976
- https://pypi.org/project/glance
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwrj-f53c-f89j
- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22- Platform
- Python (PyPI)
- Package
glance- Disclosed
- 14.05.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 13:18
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-815 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pwrj-f53c-f89j - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: glance
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 20
- First → latest
- 02.2013 03.2026
- Without a fix
- 4
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 4
- Medium 14
- Low 2
Disclosures per year
- 2017: 1
- 2018: 0
- 2019: 0
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 0
- 2022: 9
- 2023: 2
- 2024: 1
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 1
earlier: 6
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