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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2017-7214 json

OpenStack Nova logs sensitive context from notification exceptions

published 2017-03-21 9 y ago modified 2026-07-02 4 mo ago also GHSA-f4g4-cj8f-3cr9 , PYSEC-2026-432 , EUVD-2022-3685

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in exception_wrapper.py in OpenStack Nova 13.x through 13.1.3, 14.x through 14.0.4, and 15.x through 15.0.1. Legacy notification exception contexts appearing in ERROR level logs may include sensitive information such as account passwords and authorization tokens.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nova 13.1.4, 14.0.5, 15.0.2
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:14.0.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7214

  • openstack-nova openstack 10 1:14.0.6-2.el7ost
  • python-novaclient openstack 10 1:6.0.0-3.el7ost
  • python-nova openstack 10 1:14.0.6-2.el7ost
  • python-nova-tests openstack 10 1:14.0.6-2.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-api openstack 10 1:14.0.6-2.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cert openstack 10 1:14.0.6-2.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cells openstack 10 1:14.0.6-2.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-common openstack 10 1:14.0.6-2.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1595RHSA-2017:1508

  • openstack-heat OpenStack Cloud 7 7.0.4~a0~dev4-4.1
  • openstack-nova OpenStack Cloud 7 14.0.6~a0~dev16-3.1
  • openstack-cinder OpenStack Cloud 7 9.1.5~a0~dev1-3.1
  • openstack-glance OpenStack Cloud 7 13.0.1~a0~dev6-3.1
  • openstack-magnum OpenStack Cloud 7 3.1.2~a0~dev22-13.1
  • openstack-manila OpenStack Cloud 7 3.0.1~a0~dev27-3.1
  • openstack-keystone OpenStack Cloud 7 10.0.2~a0~dev2-6.1
  • openstack-dashboard OpenStack Cloud 7 10.0.4~a0~dev2-3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1443-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7214 updated cvss 6.1

openstack-nova: Sensitive information included in legacy notification exception contexts

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) python-nova, openstack-nova, python-nova-tests, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cells, openstack-nova-common, +10 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-common, openstack-nova-compute, openstack-nova-console, +6 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python3-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-common, openstack-nova-compute, openstack-nova-conductor, +5 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack 10.0 Tools for RHEL 7 python-novaclient 6.0.0-3.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1595
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 python-nova 13.1.4-1.el7ost, openstack-nova 13.1.4-1.el7ost, python-nova-tests 13.1.4-1.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 13.1.4-1.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 13.1.4-1.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 13.1.4-1.el7ost, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1508
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 python-nova 14.0.6-2.el7ost, openstack-nova 14.0.6-2.el7ost, python-novaclient 6.0.0-3.el7ost, python-nova-tests 14.0.6-2.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 14.0.6-2.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 14.0.6-2.el7ost, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1595
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) openstack-nova Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) openstack-nova Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) python-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cert, openstack-nova-cells, openstack-nova-common, +9 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) python-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cert, openstack-nova-cells, openstack-nova-common, +9 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) openstack-nova Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 openstack-nova
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
OSV 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi nova
>=13.0.0, <13.1.4
>=14.0.0, <14.0.5
>=15.0.1, <15.0.2
13.1.4
14.0.5
15.0.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.