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.

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