CVE-2020-17376

HIGH

OpenStack Nova <19.3.1,20.x<20.3.1,21.0.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in Guest.migrate in virt/libvirt/guest.py in OpenStack Nova before 19.3.1, 20.x before 20.3.1, and 21.0.0. By performing a soft reboot of an instance that has previously undergone live migration, a user may gain access to destination host devices that share the same paths as host devices previously referenced by the virtual machine on the source host. This can include block devices that map to different Cinder volumes at the destination than at the source. Only deployments allowing host-based connections (for instance, root and ephemeral devices) are affected.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.3
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 59.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-611
Status published

Affected Products (3)

openstack/nova < 19.3.1
openstack/nova
pypi/nova < 19.3.1PyPI

Timeline

Published Aug 26, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026