CVE-2022-37394

Exp

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 23.2.2, 24.x before 24.1.2, and 25.x before 25.0.2. By creating a neutron port with the direct vnic_type, creating an instance bound to that port, and then changing the vnic_type of the bound port to macvtap, an authenticated user may cause the compute service to fail to restart, resulting in a possible denial of service. Only Nova deployments configured with SR-IOV are affected.

Published: 2022-08-03 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-37394 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). 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-2022-37394

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-37394

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 0.35% 0.29% -0.06%
2 2026-06-14 0.27% 0.35% +0.08%
3 2026-04-29 0.27%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-37394

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
1.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-37394

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-37394

GHSA-v725-c588-h936 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Nova Changing vnic_type breaks compute service restart

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-37394

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-37394 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nova), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37394
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37394
suse high CVE-2022-37394 severity important: SUSE including 13 source package names (openstack-nova, openstack-nova-api, …), 63 product×package rows across 5 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, … (5 product lines)): Will Not Fix 63. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-37394/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-37394 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-37394

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-37394

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack nova < 23.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack nova >= 24.0.0, < 24.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack nova >= 25.0.0, < 25.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-37394

URL Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1981813 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/nova/+/849985 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/nova/+/850003 Third Party Advisory
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