CVE-2017-7214 [Critical] | Information Disclosure in Nova

An issue was discovered in exception_wrapper.py in OpenStack Nova 13.x through 13.1.3, 14.x through 14.0.4, and 15.x through 15.0.1. Legacy notification exception contexts appearing in ERROR level logs may include sensitive information such as account passwords and authorization tokens.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	1.30%	2.28%	+0.99%
2	2025-11-21	1.38%	1.30%	-0.09%
3	2025-11-18	—	1.38%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

1.30%

2.28%

+0.99%

2025-11-21

1.38%

1.30%

-0.09%

2025-11-18

—

1.38%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
9.8	3.0	CRITICAL	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` 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:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	3.9	5.9	[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]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

9.8

3.0

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

3.9

5.9

[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]

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-7214

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2017-7214 not yet assigned 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-2017-7214
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7214
`suse`	low	CVE-2017-7214 severity low: SUSE including 78 source package names (openstack-ceilometer-7.0.4~a0~dev7-3.1, openstack-ceilometer-agent-central-7.0.4~a0~dev7-3.1, …), 80 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Cloud 5, SUSE Cloud for SLE 12 Compute Nodes, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7): Fixed 64, Known Not Affected 16.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7214/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2017-7214 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 6 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 2, not-affected 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7214

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-7214

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
openstack	nova	13.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:13.0.0:::::::*
openstack	nova	13.1.0	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:13.1.0:::::::*
openstack	nova	13.1.1	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:13.1.1:::::::*
openstack	nova	13.1.2	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:13.1.2:::::::*
openstack	nova	13.1.3	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:13.1.3:::::::*
openstack	nova	14.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:14.0.0:::::::*
openstack	nova	14.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:14.0.1:::::::*
openstack	nova	14.0.2	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:14.0.2:::::::*
openstack	nova	14.0.3	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:14.0.3:::::::*
openstack	nova	14.0.4	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:14.0.4:::::::*
openstack	nova	15.0.0	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:15.0.0:::::::*
openstack	nova	15.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:15.0.1:::::::*

References for CVE-2017-7214

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96998	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1508
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1595
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1673569	Patch Third Party Advisory

URL

CVE-2017-7214

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-7214

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-7214

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-7214

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-7214

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-7214

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-7214

References for CVE-2017-7214