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CVE-2026-24708
HIGH8.2
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in an unsafe image resize operation that could destroy data on the host system. Only compute nodes using the Flat image backend (usually configured with use_cow_images=False) are affected.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score8.2
SeverityHIGH
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Published2/18/2026
Last Modified2/21/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-669
References
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/2137507(cve@mitre.org)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/17/7(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/02/msg00025.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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