Vulnerability · Published Jul 31, 2020 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-10731

Critical 9.9

In plain English

A critical-severity improper access control in nova_libvirt container provided by the Red Hat OpenStack Platform. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.9Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in the nova_libvirt container provided by the Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16, where it does not have SELinux enabled. This flaw causes sVirt, an important isolation mechanism, to be disabled for all running virtual machines.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-284

References