Vulnerability in OpenStack Nova

CVE-2026-24708

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-24708: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24708?
CVE-2026-24708 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Nova, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-24708?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.