GHSA-vcmv-6rxx-fh7r

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    GHSA-vcmv-6rxx-fh7r

    Published: 22 Apr 2022Last Modified: 6 Jul 2026

    Summary: OpenStack Nova Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    Details: OpenStack Nova before 2012.1 allows someone with access to an EC2_ACCESS_KEY (equivalent to a username) to obtain the EC2_SECRET_KEY (equivalent to a password). Exposing the EC2_ACCESS_KEY via http or tools that allow man-in-the-middle over https could allow an attacker to easily obtain the EC2_SECRET_KEY. An attacker could also presumably brute force values for EC2_ACCESS_KEY.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4076, https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b1ab6da1495784ff581000018a6047fd19cf82c4, https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/beee11edbfdd82cd81bc9c0fd75912c167892c2b, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-4076, https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/868360, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4076, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4076, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/25/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nova

    Purl: pkg:pypi/nova

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -12.0.0a0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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