GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6
Aliases
Published
2026-02-18T18:30:40Z
Modified
2026-07-13T16:43:30Z
Severity
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
OpenStack Nova calls qemu-img without format restrictions for resize
Details

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 30.2.2, 31 before 31.2.1, and 32 before 32.1.1. By writing a malicious QCOW header to a root or ephemeral disk and then triggering a resize, a user may convince Nova's Flat image backend to call qemu-img without a format restriction, resulting in an unsafe image resize operation that could destroy data on the host system. Only compute nodes using the Flat image backend (usually configured with use_cow_images=False) are affected.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-669"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-02-19T20:27:55Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-02-18T18:24:33Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / nova

Package

Name
nova
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/nova

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
32.0.0.0rc1
Last Affected
32.1.0

Affected versions

32.*
32.0.0.0rc1
32.0.0
32.1.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6.json"

PyPI / nova

Package

Name
nova
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/nova

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
31.0.0.0rc1
Last Affected
31.2.0

Affected versions

31.*
31.0.0.0rc1
31.0.0
31.0.1
31.1.0
31.2.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6.json"

PyPI / nova

Package

Name
nova
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/nova

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
30.2.1

Affected versions

15.*
15.1.5
16.*
16.1.6
16.1.7
16.1.8
17.*
17.0.7
17.0.8
17.0.9
17.0.10
17.0.11
17.0.12
17.0.13
18.*
18.0.2
18.0.3
18.1.0
18.2.0
18.2.1
18.2.2
18.2.3
18.3.0
19.*
19.0.0.0rc1
19.0.0.0rc2
19.0.0
19.0.1
19.0.2
19.0.3
19.1.0
19.2.0
19.3.0
19.3.1
19.3.2
20.*
20.0.0.0rc1
20.0.0.0rc2
20.0.0
20.0.1
20.1.0
20.1.1
20.2.0
20.3.0
20.4.0
20.4.1
20.5.0
20.6.0
20.6.1
21.*
21.0.0.0rc1
21.0.0.0rc2
21.0.0
21.1.0
21.1.1
21.1.2
21.2.0
21.2.1
21.2.2
21.2.3
21.2.4
22.*
22.0.0.0rc1
22.0.0
22.0.1
22.1.0
22.2.0
22.2.1
22.2.2
22.3.0
22.4.0
23.*
23.0.0.0rc1
23.0.0.0rc2
23.0.0
23.0.1
23.0.2
23.1.0
23.2.0
23.2.1
23.2.2
24.*
24.0.0.0rc1
24.0.0.0rc2
24.0.0
24.1.0
24.1.1
24.2.0
24.2.1
25.*
25.0.0.0rc1
25.0.0
25.0.1
25.1.0
25.1.1
25.2.0
25.2.1
25.3.0
26.*
26.0.0.0rc1
26.0.0.0rc2
26.0.0
26.1.0
26.1.1
26.2.0
26.2.1
26.2.2
26.3.0
27.*
27.0.0.0rc1
27.0.0
27.1.0
27.2.0
27.3.0
27.4.0
27.5.0
27.5.1
28.*
28.0.0.0rc1
28.0.0
28.0.1
28.1.0
28.2.0
28.3.0
28.3.1
29.*
29.0.0.0rc1
29.0.0
29.0.1
29.0.2
29.1.0
29.2.0
29.2.1
29.2.2
29.3.0
29.4.0
30.*
30.0.0.0rc1
30.0.0
30.1.0
30.2.0
30.2.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6/GHSA-m4f3-qp2w-gwh6.json"