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Red Hat OpenStack: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode

WID-SEC-2024-1511 · first 03.07.2024 · updated 24.04.2026 · CVSS 8,8

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What it is about

Red Hat OpenStack ist eine Sammlung von Diensten, um Cloud-Computing in Form von Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) bereitstellen zu können. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat OpenStack ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten auszuführen.

Under what conditions?

Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • beliebigen Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten auszuführen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Debian Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Red Hat OpenStack <17.1.3
  • Red Hat OpenStack <16.2.6

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • Red Hat OpenStack 17.1.3
  • Red Hat OpenStack 16.2.6

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

CVE: CVE-2024-32498

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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