CVE-2015-5271

The TripleO Heat templates (tripleo-heat-templates) do not properly order the Identity Service (keystone) before the OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) staticweb middleware in the swiftproxy pipeline when the staticweb middleware is enabled, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from private containers via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2016-04-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5271 is rated Moderate Risk (60.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.42%). EPSS rose +2.07% 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-2015-5271

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 0.34% 2.42% +2.07%
2 2025-07-25 0.46% 0.34% -0.12%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5271

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
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-2015-5271

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-5271

GHSA-8936-44gw-7664 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — TripleO Heat templates might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from private containers

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5271

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5271
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5271 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tripleo-heat-templates), 11 status rows across 11 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 5, DNE 3, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5271

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5271

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat openstack 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack tripleo_heat_templates — cpe:2.3:a:openstack:tripleo_heat_templates:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5271

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