CVE-2015-3280

OpenStack Compute (nova) before 2014.2.4 (juno) and 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo) does not properly delete instances from compute nodes, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting instances while in the resize state.

Published: 2015-10-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3280 is rated Moderate Risk (60.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.35%). EPSS rose +2.56% 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-2015-3280

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 0.80% 3.35% +2.56%
2 2026-02-01 1.08% 0.80% -0.28%
3 2025-12-14 — 1.08% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3280

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3280

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-3280

GHSA-mfmj-gwg3-vhw7 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Compute (nova) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3280

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2015-3280 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nova), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3280
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3280
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3280 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 8 status rows across 8 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 5, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3280

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3280

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack nova >= 2014.2, < 2014.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack nova >= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3280

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