---
id: CVE-2014-3497
aliases:
  - GHSA-66vj-393f-hxfv
  - PYSEC-2026-928
title: OpenStack Swift Cross-site Scriping vulnerability
summary: OpenStack Swift Cross-site Scriping vulnerability
severity: medium
vendor: swift
product: swift
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - 'swift >= 1.11.0, < 2.0.0'
patched:
  - swift 2.0.0
published: '2022-05-17'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-66vj-393f-hxfv'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3497'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0941'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3497'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110809'
  - url: 'https://opendev.org/openstack/swift'
  - url: 'https://review.openstack.org/#/c/101031'
  - url: 'https://review.openstack.org/#/c/101032'
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20200229060002/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68116
  - url: >-
      http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-June/000243.html
  - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/10'
  - url: 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2256-1'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.02101
epssPercentile: 0.80629
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:46.300Z'
---

## Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenStack Swift 1.11.0 through 1.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the WWW-Authenticate header.

## Affected packages

- `swift >= 1.11.0, < 2.0.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `swift 2.0.0`