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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2019-14433 json

OpenStack Nova Server Resource Faults Leak External Exception Details

published 2019-08-09 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-pg64-r7rr-phv8 , PYSEC-2019-191 , EUVD-2019-0096

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 17.0.12, 18.x before 18.2.2, and 19.x before 19.0.2. If an API request from an authenticated user ends in a fault condition due to an external exception, details of the underlying environment may be leaked in the response, and could include sensitive configuration or other data.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nova 17.0.12, 18.2.2, 19.0.2
  • openstack nova 17.0.12, 18.2.2, 19.0.2
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:19.0.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14433

  • nova Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2:13.1.4-0ubuntu4.5
  • nova Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2:17.0.10-0ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14433

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  • openstack-nova openstack 10 1:14.1.0-56.el7ost
  • python-nova openstack 10 1:14.1.0-56.el7ost
  • python-nova-tests openstack 10 1:14.1.0-56.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-api openstack 10 1:14.1.0-56.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cert openstack 10 1:14.1.0-56.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cells openstack 10 1:14.1.0-56.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-common openstack 10 1:14.1.0-56.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-compute openstack 10 1:14.1.0-56.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2631RHSA-2019:2622RHSA-2019:2652

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-2019-14433 updated cvss 6.5

openstack-nova: Nova server resource faults leak external exception details

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) python-nova, openstack-nova, python-nova-tests, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cert, openstack-nova-cells, +10 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 python-nova 14.1.0-56.el7ost, openstack-nova 14.1.0-56.el7ost, python-nova-tests 14.1.0-56.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 14.1.0-56.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 14.1.0-56.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 14.1.0-56.el7ost, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2631
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 python-nova 17.0.10-6.el7ost, openstack-nova 17.0.10-6.el7ost, python-nova-tests 17.0.10-6.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 17.0.10-6.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 17.0.10-6.el7ost, openstack-nova-common 17.0.10-6.el7ost, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2622
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 python-nova 18.2.1-0.20190509150817.8e130e2.el7ost, openstack-nova 18.2.1-0.20190509150817.8e130e2.el7ost, python-nova-tests 18.2.1-0.20190509150817.8e130e2.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 18.2.1-0.20190509150817.8e130e2.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 18.2.1-0.20190509150817.8e130e2.el7ost, openstack-nova-common 18.2.1-0.20190509150817.8e130e2.el7ost, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2652
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein) python3-nova, openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, openstack-nova-cells, openstack-nova-common, openstack-nova-compute, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi nova
<17.0.12
>=18.0.0, <18.2.2
>=19.0.0, <19.0.2
17.0.12
18.2.2
19.0.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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