CVE-2016-8611

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-400

Description

A vulnerability was found in Openstack Glance. No limits are enforced within the Glance image service for both v1 and v2 `/images` API POST method for authenticated users, resulting in possible denial of service attacks through database table saturation.

Affected products

OpenStack Glance: all versions

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/266
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94378
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037312
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8611
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05333384

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