usn-8049-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-02-17 16:40
Modified
2026-06-30 15:54
Summary
nova vulnerability
Details
Dan Smith discovered that Nova incorrectly called qemu-img without a format restriction when resizing disks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to destroy data on the host system.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"id": "CVE-2026-24708",
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"3:25.1.0-0ubuntu1",
"3:25.1.0-0ubuntu2",
"3:25.1.0-0ubuntu2.1",
"3:25.1.0-0ubuntu2.2",
"3:25.1.1-0ubuntu1",
"3:25.1.1-0ubuntu1.1",
"3:25.2.0-0ubuntu1",
"3:25.2.1-0ubuntu1",
"3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2",
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"3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.6",
"3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.7",
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},
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"binary_version": "3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.3"
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"3:29.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2",
"3:29.0.1-0ubuntu1",
"3:29.0.1-0ubuntu1.3",
"3:29.0.1-0ubuntu1.4",
"3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1",
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},
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},
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{
"binary_name": "nova-scheduler",
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},
{
"binary_name": "nova-serialproxy",
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{
"binary_name": "nova-spiceproxy",
"binary_version": "3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.1"
},
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"binary_version": "3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "python3-nova",
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]
},
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],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Dan Smith discovered that Nova incorrectly called qemu-img without a format\nrestriction when resizing disks. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto destroy data on the host system.",
"id": "USN-8049-1",
"modified": "2026-06-30T15:54:50Z",
"published": "2026-02-17T16:40:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8049-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-24708"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "nova vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24708"
]
}
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