---
id: CVE-2014-3608
aliases:
  - GHSA-92hc-c226-32q7
  - PYSEC-2026-869
title: OpenStack Compute (Nova)'s VMWare driver vulnerable to denial of service
summary: OpenStack Compute (Nova)'s VMWare driver vulnerable to denial of service
severity: medium
vendor: nova
product: nova
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - nova < 2014.1.3
patched:
  - nova 2014.1.3
published: '2022-05-14'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:49:21.382020451Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-92hc-c226-32q7'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3608'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1781'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1782'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3608'
  - url: 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1338830'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1148253'
  - url: 'https://opendev.org/openstack/nova'
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20200228053850/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70220
  - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html'
  - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html'
  - url: 'http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/65'
  - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70220'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.01725
epssPercentile: 0.76202
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:47.577Z'
---

## Overview

The VMWare driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the quota limit and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by putting the VM into the rescue state, suspending it, which puts into an ERROR state, and then deleting the image.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2573.

## Affected packages

- `nova < 2014.1.3`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `nova 2014.1.3`