What is CVE-2024-8007?

CVE-2024-8007 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-8007?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-8007 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1

CVE-2024-8007

A flaw was found in the openstack-tripleo-common component of the Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) director. This vulnerability allows an attacker to deploy potentially compromised container images via disabling TLS certificate verification for registry mirrors, which could enable a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2024-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 For Rhel 8 — versions 0:15.4.1-17.1.20240911093743.e5b18f2.el8ost, 0:16.5.1-17.1.20240913093745.f3599d0.el8ost
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:15.4.1-17.1.20240911100820.e5b18f2.el9ost, 0:16.5.1-17.1.20240913100806.f3599d0.el9ost
Red Hat OpenStack Platform — versions 16.1, 16.2, 17.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9990 (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9991 (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8007 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8007?: CVE-2024-8007 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-8007?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8007 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.