CVE-2015-1950

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

IBM PowerVC Standard Edition 1.2.2.1 through 1.2.2.2 does not require authentication for access to the Python interpreter with nova credentials, which allows KVM guest OS users to discover certain PowerVC credentials and bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified Python code.

Affected products

IBM Powervc: 1.2.2.1, 1.2.2.2

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020740
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08926
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75102
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020740
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT08926
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75102

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