CVE-2014-7960

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.

Published: 2014-10-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7960

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7960

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7960

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-7960

GHSA-g6x3-55qv-x6p2 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Swift metadata constraints are not correctly enforced

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-7960

vendor priority summary link
debian 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 medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7960
suse 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 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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7960

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack swift <= 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7960

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