PYSEC-2026-932

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-07 11:31
VLAI
Details

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.1 (Kilo), 2.4.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 (Liberty) do not properly close server connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy-server resource consumption) via a series of interrupted requests to a Large Object URL.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impacted products
Name purl
swift pkg:pypi/swift
Aliases
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "swift",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/swift"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.1"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "2.4.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.5.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.0.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-0738",
    "GHSA-fxwr-2vxm-cg7p"
  ],
  "details": "OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.1 (Kilo), 2.4.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 (Liberty) do not properly close server connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy-server resource consumption) via a series of interrupted requests to a Large Object URL.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-932",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T11:31:09.056137Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:25.391306Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0738"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228001102/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81432"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-004.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0155.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0128.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176713.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/CHANGELOG"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/swift"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298905"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1493303"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0738"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0329"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0328"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0155"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0128"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0127"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0126"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/swift"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxwr-2vxm-cg7p"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service"
}



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