What is CVE-2014-7851?

CVE-2014-7851 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2014-7851?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ovirt

CVE-2014-7851

oVirt 3.2.2 through 3.5.0 does not invalidate the restapi session after logout from the webadmin, which allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of another user's session data to gain that user's privileges by replacing their session token with that of another user.

Published 2017-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ovirt — versions 3.3.2, 3.4.0
Red Hat Ovirt-Engine — versions 3.2.2, 3.3, 3.3.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-7851?: CVE-2014-7851 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2014-7851?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.