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CVE-2015-5251
Authorization Flaw in glance (CVE-2015-5251)
Summary
vulnerability in glance (CVE-2015-5251). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `2015.1.2` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2015-5251** has been found in glance.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade glance to **2015.1.2** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "glance CVE-2015-5251" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-5251 (glance) — CWE-863 /
Patched: `2015.1.2` — 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
**incorrect authorization** (CWE-863) exists in glance.
📍 Affected scope
glance — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **2015.1.2**.
🛡️ 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 'glance' .` 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 'glance' . | 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 `glance` 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 glance to 2015.1.2ステージング環境で 2015.1.2 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
glance
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2015.1.0"},{"fixed":"2015.1.2"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5251
- advisory https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-019.html
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q748-mcwg-xmqv
- advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1897.html
- package https://opendev.org/openstack/glance
- package https://pypi.org/project/glance
- web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1897
- web https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5251
- web https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1482371
- web https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263511
- web https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1897.html