{"id":"CVE-2014-0167","aliases":["GHSA-p258-xmh3-72pv","PYSEC-2026-878"],"title":"OpenStack Compute (Nova) allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via API requests","summary":"OpenStack Compute (Nova) allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via API requests","severity":"medium","vendor":"nova","product":"nova","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["nova >= 2013.1.0, < 2013.2.4"],"patched":["nova 2013.2.4"],"published":"2022-05-17","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p258-xmh3-72pv","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0167"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1084"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0167"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084868"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1290537"},{"url":"https://opendev.org/openstack/nova"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/26"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.01647,"epssPercentile":0.75039,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:51.478Z","slug":"CVE-2014-0167","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Nova EC2 API security group implementation in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 does not enforce RBAC policies for (1) add_rules, (2) remove_rules, (3) destroy, and other unspecified methods in compute/api.py when using non-default policies, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via these API requests.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `nova >= 2013.1.0, < 2013.2.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `nova 2013.2.4`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":28,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27.5,"likelihood":0.3,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}