CVE-2015-5163

The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted backing file for a qcow2 image.

Published: 2015-08-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5163 is rated Moderate Risk (40/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.50%). EPSS rose +1.22% 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-2015-5163

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 0.28% 1.50% +1.22%
2 2026-05-04 0.24% 0.28% +0.04%
3 2025-06-13 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5163

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5163

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-5163

GHSA-q73f-vjc2-3gqf · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary file

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5163

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-5163 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (glance), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5163
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5163
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5163 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (glance), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5163

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5163

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack glance 2015.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:2015.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack glance 2015.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:2015.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5163

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