---
id: CVE-2015-0259
aliases:
  - GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf
  - PYSEC-2026-883
title: OpenStack Compute (Nova) has Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
summary: OpenStack Compute (Nova) has Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
severity: medium
vendor: nova
product: nova
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - nova < 2014.1.4
  - 'nova >= 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.3'
patched:
  - nova 2014.1.4
  - nova 2014.2.3
published: '2022-05-14'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:49:43.507811630Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x8xr-rm9r-7mvf'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0259'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0790'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0843'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0844'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0259'
  - url: 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1409142'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190112'
  - url: 'https://opendev.org/openstack/nova'
  - url: >-
      http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-March/000341.html
  - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0790.html'
  - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html'
  - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0844.html'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.0107
epssPercentile: 0.62919
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:54.155Z'
---

## Overview

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4, 2014.2.x before 2014.2.3, and kilo before kilo-3 does not validate the origin of websocket requests, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for access to consoles via a crafted webpage.

## Affected packages

- `nova < 2014.1.4`
- `nova >= 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.3`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `nova 2014.1.4`
- `nova 2014.2.3`