Vulnerability · Published Jul 25, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-3637Openstack-neutron: unrestricted creation of security groups (fix for cve-2022-3277)
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) Operational Tools from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An uncontrolled resource consumption flaw was found in openstack-neutron. This flaw allows a remote authenticated user to query a list of security groups for an invalid project. This issue creates resources that are unconstrained by the user's quota. If a malicious user were to submit a significant number of requests, this could lead to a denial of service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | neutron | no fix listed | GHSA-r3jh-qhgj-gvr8 |
| PyPI | neutron | no fix listed | PYSEC-2026-1694 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3637 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3637 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3637 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3637 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3637 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) Operational Tools | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 | see references |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- RHSA-2023:4283 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3637 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2222270 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT