---
id: CVE-2026-59654
title: >-
  Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Apache
  CloudStack's scoped global configuration functionality
summary: >-
  Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Apache
  CloudStack's scoped global configuration functionality. It affects different
  modules and plugins of the CloudStack management server, including Quota,
  Host-HA, …
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-772
vendor: apache
product: cloudstack
affected:
  - 'cloudstack >= 4.7.0, < 4.20.3.1'
  - 'cloudstack >= 4.21.0.0, < 4.22.1.1'
patched:
  - cloudstack 4.22.1.1
published: '2026-08-21'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T19:10:00.173'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59654'
references:
  - url: 'https://lists.apache.org/thread/7cgf37clcpjj4g2hl7rnyoq1th3ht9r4'
    label: security@apache.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00591
epssPercentile: 0.47004
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T19:25:46.349Z'
---

## Overview

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's scoped global configuration functionality. It affects different modules and plugins of the CloudStack management server, including Quota, Host-HA, etc., and may lead to eventual denial of service (DoS) scenario for the management server.

This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.7.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

## Affected

- `cloudstack >= 4.7.0, < 4.20.3.1`
- `cloudstack >= 4.21.0.0, < 4.22.1.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `cloudstack 4.22.1.1`