What is CVE-2015-8466?

CVE-2015-8466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openstack Swift3, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2016-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8466?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Openstack Swift3

CVE-2015-8466

Swift3 before 1.9 allows remote attackers to conduct replay attacks via an Authorization request that lacks a Date header.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Openstack Swift3
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 23
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8466?: CVE-2015-8466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openstack Swift3, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2016-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8466?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.