---
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'
---

## Overview

OpenStack 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/*.

## Affected packages

- `glance >= 2011.2, < 2014.2.4`
- `glance >= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `glance 2014.2.4`
- `glance 2015.1.2`