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CVE-2015-1856
Vulnerability in swift (CVE-2015-1856)
Summary
vulnerability in swift (CVE-2015-1856). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `2.3.0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2015-1856** has been found in swift.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade swift to **2.3.0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "swift CVE-2015-1856" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-1856 (swift) —
Patched: `2.3.0` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in swift.
📍 Affected scope
swift — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **2.3.0**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'swift' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'swift' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `swift` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade swift to 2.3.0ステージング環境で 2.3.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
swift
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.3.0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1856
- advisory https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1430645
- advisory http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-April/000349.html
- advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1681.html
- advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1684.html
- advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1845.html
- advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1846.html
- advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74182
- advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2704-1
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cc77-5vw4-7pwg
- package https://github.com/openstack/swift
- package https://pypi.org/project/swift
- web https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit/?id=5bb7c286ebb4a54e4d2bd5a02845644d1c651183
- web https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit/?id=85afe9316570855c87ea731d0627f6f8f2b73264
- web https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit/?id=dd9d97458ea007024220a78dba8dd663e8b425d7
- web https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit/?id=f6525758ab2456d688430699338993439597a789
- web http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163113.html
- web http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00025.html
- web http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html