CVE-2026-24708 HIGH

CVE-2026-24708

Vendor Openstack
Product Nova
Weakness CWE-669
Published February 18, 2026
Last update June 30, 2026

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 18, 2026 CVE published
June 30, 2026 Record updated