usn-8434-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-06-16 14:45
Modified
2026-06-29 10:54
Summary
nova vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Nova did not strip internal _nova-prefixed scheduler hints supplied by users on instance creation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass Placement resource claims and scheduling constraint enforcement.


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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
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            }
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      },
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        "3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3"
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Nova did not strip internal _nova-prefixed\nscheduler hints supplied by users on instance creation. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to bypass Placement resource claims and\nscheduling constraint enforcement.",
  "id": "USN-8434-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:54:21Z",
  "published": "2026-06-16T14:45:58Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8434-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46448"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "nova vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46448"
  ]
}



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