openstack/nova · Security
OpenStack Nova calls qemu-img without format restrictions for resize
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-24708
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 8.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 8.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in an unsafe image resize operation that could destroy data on the host system. Only compute nodes using the Flat image backend (usually configured with use_cow_images=False) are affected.
CWEs
- CWE-669 · Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24708 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/2137507 ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/17/7 ↗
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/3eba22ff09c81a61750fbb4882e5f1f01a20fdf5 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/02/msg00025.html ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6 ↗