{"id":"CVE-2015-5251","aliases":["GHSA-q748-mcwg-xmqv","PYSEC-2026-816"],"title":"OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions","summary":"OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions","severity":"medium","vendor":"glance","product":"glance","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["glance >= 2011.2, < 2014.2.4","glance >= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.2"],"patched":["glance 2014.2.4","glance 2015.1.2"],"published":"2022-05-17","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q748-mcwg-xmqv","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5251"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1897"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5251"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1482371"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263511"},{"url":"https://opendev.org/openstack/glance"},{"url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1897.html"},{"url":"https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-019.html"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.02052,"epssPercentile":0.80142,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:52.111Z","slug":"CVE-2015-5251","body":"## Overview\n\nOpenStack Image Service (Glance) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) allow remote authenticated users to change the status of their images and bypass access restrictions via the HTTP x-image-meta-status header to images/*.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `glance >= 2011.2, < 2014.2.4`\n- `glance >= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `glance 2014.2.4`\n- `glance 2015.1.2`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":28,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":27.5,"likelihood":0.4,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}