CVE-2015-7945

Exp

The RESTful control interface (aka RAPI or ganeti-rapi) in Ganeti before 2.9.7, 2.10.x before 2.10.8, 2.11.x before 2.11.8, 2.12.x before 2.12.6, 2.13.x before 2.13.3, 2.14.x before 2.14.2, and 2.15.x before 2.15.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the DRBD secret via instance information job results.

Published: 2017-08-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-7945 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.36%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-7945

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39169 exploit_db edb 2016-01-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7945

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 13.55% 9.36% -4.20%
2 2025-10-16 12.77% 13.55% +0.78%
3 2025-03-30 12.77%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7945

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-2015-7945

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-7945

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-7945 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ganeti), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7945
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-7945 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ganeti), 12 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 6, ignored 3, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7945

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7945

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
spi-inc ganeti <= 2.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.11.7 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.13.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.14.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.14.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.14.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.14.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.15.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.15.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
spi-inc ganeti 2.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:spi-inc:ganeti:2.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7945

URL Tags
http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/2.10/html/news.html#version-2-10-8 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/2.11/html/news.html#version-2-11-8 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/2.12/html/news.html#version-2-12.6 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/2.13/html/news.html#version-2-13-3 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/2.14/html/news.html#version-2-14-2 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/2.15/html/news.html#version-2-15-2 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/2.9/html/news.html#version-2-9-7 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135101/Ganeti-Leaked-Secret-Denial-Of-Service.html Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3431
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-012.html Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39169/
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