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PYSEC-2026-881

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-06 08:03

Details

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenStack Nova before 2011.3.1, when the EC2 API and the S3/RegisterImage image-registration method are enabled, allow remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted (1) tarball or (2) manifest.

Impacted products

Name	purl
nova	pkg:pypi/nova

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2011-4596",
    "GHSA-qr62-r9xc-r2gj"
  ],
  "details": "Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in OpenStack Nova before 2011.3.1, when the EC2 API and the S3/RegisterImage image-registration method are enabled, allow remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted (1) tarball or (2) manifest.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-881",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T08:03:23.012308Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:23.012308Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4596"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/76363226bd8533256f7795bba358d7f4b8a6c9e6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ad3241929ea00569c74505ed002208ce360c667e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/885167"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/894755"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg06105.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qr62-r9xc-r2gj"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenStack Nova Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities"
}

CVE-2011-4596 (GCVE-0-2011-4596)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-12-23 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ad324192…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/894755	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg06105.html	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/76363226…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/885167	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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          }
        ],
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GHSA-QR62-R9XC-R2GJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:58 – Updated: 2024-05-14 21:13

Summary

OpenStack Nova Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities

Details

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2011-4596"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-14T21:13:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2011-12-23T22:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-qr62-r9xc-r2gj",
  "modified": "2024-05-14T21:13:50Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:58:50Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ad3241929ea00569c74505ed002208ce360c667e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/885167"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/894755"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
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    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "OpenStack Nova Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities"
}

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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PYSEC-2026-881

CVE-2011-4596 (GCVE-0-2011-4596)

GHSA-QR62-R9XC-R2GJ

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