{"id":"CVE-2015-0259","aliases":["GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf","PYSEC-2026-883"],"title":"OpenStack Compute (Nova) has Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity","summary":"OpenStack Compute (Nova) has Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity","severity":"medium","vendor":"nova","product":"nova","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["nova < 2014.1.4","nova >= 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.3"],"patched":["nova 2014.1.4","nova 2014.2.3"],"published":"2022-05-14","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T03:49:43.507811630Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0259"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0790"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0843"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0844"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0259"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1409142"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190112"},{"url":"https://opendev.org/openstack/nova"},{"url":"http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-March/000341.html"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0790.html"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0844.html"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.0107,"epssPercentile":0.62919,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:54.155Z","slug":"CVE-2015-0259","body":"## Overview\n\nOpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for access to consoles via a crafted webpage.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `nova < 2014.1.4`\n- `nova >= 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `nova 2014.1.4`\n- `nova 2014.2.3`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":28,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27.5,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}