GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced
OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the max_meta_count and other metadata constraints via multiple crafted requests which exceed the limit when combined.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-7960 is rated Moderate Risk (48.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.02%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.73% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 0.30% | 3.02% | +2.73% |
| 2 | 2025-12-14 | 0.14% | 0.30% | +0.15% |
| 3 | 2025-04-01 | — | 0.14% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2014-7960 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (swift), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7960 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7960 |
suse
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low | CVE-2014-7960 severity low: SUSE including 13 source package names (openstack-swift-2.1.0-11.1, openstack-swift-2.1.0-4.1, …), 13 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6): Fixed 13. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7960/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2014-7960 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (swift), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 4, DNE 1, needed 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7960 |