{"id":"CVE-2015-3280","aliases":["GHSA-mfmj-gwg3-vhw7","PYSEC-2026-877"],"title":"OpenStack Compute (nova) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service","summary":"OpenStack Compute (nova) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service","severity":"medium","vendor":"nova","product":"nova","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["nova < 2014.2.4","nova >= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.2"],"patched":["nova 2014.2.4","nova 2015.1.2"],"published":"2022-05-14","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T03:49:34.875546256Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mfmj-gwg3-vhw7","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3280"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1898"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3280"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257942"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1392527"},{"url":"https://opendev.org/openstack/nova"},{"url":"https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-017.html"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200228023247/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76553"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1898.html"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76553"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.03381,"epssPercentile":0.88264,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:51.211Z","slug":"CVE-2015-3280","body":"## Overview\n\nOpenStack Compute (nova) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) does not properly delete instances from compute nodes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting instances while in the resize state.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `nova < 2014.2.4`\n- `nova >= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `nova 2014.2.4`\n- `nova 2015.1.2`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":28,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27.5,"likelihood":0.7,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}