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OpenStack Glance Store VMware Datastore Driver Attaches Authentication Headers Without Validating the Destination Host, Leaking Credentials to Attacker-Controlled Servers

Last refreshed2026-09-30

Status: NEW  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-51773

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-51773
CVSS Score / Version8.1 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-09-25
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Proseattack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is low; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is none.
Classified asCWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF))

What to Know

An issue in the VMware datastore driver of OpenStack glance_store. When an authenticated attacker provides a maliciously crafted image location URI pointing to an external server, the _retry_request function fails to validate the destination host before attaching sensitive authentication headers. (NVD)

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-51773
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-51773