CVE-2015-5223

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.4.0 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a PUT tempurl and a DLO object manifest that references an object in another container.

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-2015-5223 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.53%). EPSS rose +1.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2015-5223

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 1.46% 2.53% +1.08%
2 2026-05-24 1.15% 1.46% +0.31%
3 2025-06-26 — 1.15% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5223

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:P/I:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5223

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-5223

GHSA-q45h-chc8-hvp6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) Sensitive Data Exposure

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5223

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-5223 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-2015-5223
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5223
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5223 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (swift), 8 status rows across 8 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 4, ignored 2, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5223

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5223

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack swift <= 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5223

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