GHSA-M4F3-QP2W-GWH6 OpenStack Nova calls qemu-img without format restrictions for resize

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in a...

CVE-2026-24708

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in a...

CVE-2026-24708

CVE-2026-24708 affects OpenStack Nova (Flat image backend), where an attacker could cause unsafe image resize by writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk, triggering qemu-img without a format restriction. Affected: Nova releases before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32...

CVE-2026-24708

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in a...

CVE-2026-24708

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in a...

CVE-2026-24708

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24708

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in a...

PT-2026-20315

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenStack Nova affected versions not specified Description The software calls qemu-img without format restrictions when resizing images. A malicious QCOW header could potentially convince Nova's flat image backend to execute an unsafe image...

OpenStack Compute Information Disclosure Vulnerability

OpenStack is a cloud platform management program developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA in collaboration with Rackspace, Inc. in the U.S. OpenStack Compute Nova is one of the cloud computing construct controllers written in the Python language. The OpenStack Compute...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: openstack-nova security update

Updated openstack-nova packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 Juno for RHEL 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give...

openstack-nova: Host data leak through resize/migration

An information-exposure flaw was found in the OpenStack Compute nova resize and migrate functionality. An authenticated user could write a malicious qcow header to an ephemeral or root disk, referencing a block device as a backing file. With a subsequent resize or migration, file system content o...