CVE-2014-8124

OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) before 2014.1.3 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.1 does not properly handle session records when using a db or memcached session engine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of requests to the login page.

Published: 2014-12-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8124 is rated Moderate Risk (51.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.84%). EPSS rose +1.98% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8124

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 0.86% 2.84% +1.98%
2 2026-05-14 0.85% 0.86% +0.01%
3 2026-05-08 — 0.85% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8124

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8124

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8124

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-8124 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (horizon), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8124
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8124
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8124 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (horizon, python-django-openstack-auth), 12 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): not-affected 5, DNE 4, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8124

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8124

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack horizon >= 2014.1, < 2014.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack horizon >= 2014.2.0, < 2014.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.2 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8124

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