CVE-2026-51773
An issue in the VMware datastore driver of OpenStack glance_store
- Risk score
- 53/100
- CVSS
- 8.1 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 25 Sep 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- An issue in the VMware datastore driver of OpenStack glance_store. When an authenticated attacker provides a maliciously crafted image location URI pointing to an external server, the _retry_request function fails to validate the destination host before attaching sensitive authentication headers.
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 8.1 high
References
Original description
An issue in the VMware datastore driver of OpenStack glance_store. When an authenticated attacker provides a maliciously crafted image location URI pointing to an external server, the _retry_request function fails to validate the destination host before attaching sensitive authentication headers.
Last activity 25 Sep 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.