# CVE-2015-1195: OpenStack Glance v2 API unrestricted path traversal through filesystem:// scheme

> Authenticated users can read or delete arbitrary files via path traversal in the Glance V2 API image location property.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1195, GHSA-pwrj-f53c-f89j, PYSEC-2026-815

## What is CVE-2015-1195?

CVE-2015-1195 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in a filesystem: URL in the image location property.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-9493.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1195?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including glance. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `glance` | PyPI | All versions | 11.0.0a0 |
| `glance` | PyPI | All versions | 11.0.0a0 |
| `glance` | PyPI | All versions | 11.0.0a0 |

Products: Openstack Image Registry and Delivery Service \(Glance\).

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1195?

Upgrade glance to 11.0.0a0 or later.

## Is CVE-2015-1195 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1195 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-5286](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5286/): OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass storage quota, cause denial of service (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2015-5251](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5251/): OpenStack Image Service (Glance) allows remote authenticated users to bypass access restrictions (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2014-9493](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9493/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2016-0757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0757/): OpenStack Image Service (Glance) vulnerable to Improper Access Control (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2014-9684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9684/): OpenStack Glance Denial of service by creating a large number of images (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1195 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1195 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1195 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- glance (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 11.0.0a0
- glance (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 11.0.0a0
- glance (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 11.0.0a0

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1195/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1195/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1195
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1195
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1195

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1195/
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