CVE-2016-2140

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CVSS 3.0

5.3 medium

EPSS

2%p81

Published

Apr 12, 2016 (Apr 12, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.

Vendors: openstack
Products: nova
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.1%)

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