---
id: CVE-2014-9623
aliases:
  - GHSA-j4mh-9wq6-8rg6
  - PYSEC-2026-813
title: 'OpenStack Glance Bypass the storage quota and Denial of service '
summary: 'OpenStack Glance Bypass the storage quota and Denial of service '
severity: medium
vendor: glance
product: glance
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - glance < 11.0.0a0
patched:
  - glance 11.0.0a0
published: '2022-05-17'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j4mh-9wq6-8rg6'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9623'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/0dc8fbb3479a53c5bba8475d14f4c7206904c5ea
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/7d5d8657fd70b20518610b3c6f8e41e16c72fa31
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/f1260cc771ee068651aa62b972bef49d9af81eb0
  - url: 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1383973'
  - url: 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1398830'
  - url: 'https://github.com/openstack/glance'
  - url: 'https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-003.html'
  - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0644.html'
  - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0837.html'
  - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0838.html'
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/62165'
  - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/4'
  - url: >-
      http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.02868
epssPercentile: 0.86108
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:50.573Z'
---

## Overview

OpenStack Glance 2014.2.x through 2014.2.1, 2014.1.3, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass the storage quota and cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting an image in the saving state.

## Affected packages

- `glance < 11.0.0a0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `glance 11.0.0a0`