CVE-2014-7230

The processutils.execute function in OpenStack oslo-incubator, Cinder, Nova, and Trove before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.3 allows local users to obtain passwords from commands that cause a ProcessExecutionError by reading the log.

Published: 2014-10-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-7230 is rated Low Risk (21.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7230

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.12% 0.47% +0.35%
2 2025-03-30 0.15% 0.12% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 0.15%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7230

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7230

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-7230

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-7230 low priority: Debian including 3 source packages (cinder, nova, openstack-trove), 14 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 14. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7230
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7230
ubuntu low CVE-2014-7230 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (cinder, nova, trove), 42 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 20, ignored 13, released 5, DNE 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7230

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7230

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack cinder >= 2013.2, < 2013.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack cinder >= 2014.1, < 2014.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack nova >= 2013.2, < 2013.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack nova >= 2014.1, < 2014.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack trove >= 2013.2, < 2013.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:trove:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack trove >= 2014.1, < 2014.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:trove:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7230

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