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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-5247 · published 29 August 2014

CVE-2014-5247: Spi-inc ganeti permissions and access controls vulnerability

Spi Inc · Ganeti

The _UpgradeBeforeConfigurationChange function in lib/client/gnt_cluster.py in Ganeti 2.10.0 before 2.10.7 and 2.11.0 before 2.11.5 uses world-readable permissions for the configuration backup file, which allows local users to obtain SSL keys, remote API credentials, and other sensitive information by reading the file, related to the upgrade command.

2.1 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 0.49% · top 60.2% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
2.1CVSS 2.0 base score
0.49%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The _UpgradeBeforeConfigurationChange function in lib/client/gnt_cluster.py in Ganeti 2.10.0 before 2.10.7 and 2.11.0 before 2.11.5 uses world-readable permissions for the configuration backup file, which allows local users to obtain SSL keys, remote API credentials, and other sensitive information by reading the file, related to the upgrade command.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://git.ganeti.org/?p=ganeti.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a89f62e2db9ccf715d64d1a6322474b54d2d9ae0
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127851/Ganeti-Insecure-Archive-Permission.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/370
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-006.html US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533119/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69186
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95256
http://git.ganeti.org/?p=ganeti.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a89f62e2db9ccf715d64d1a6322474b54d2d9ae0
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127851/Ganeti-Insecure-Archive-Permission.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/370
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-006.html US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533119/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69186
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95256

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-5247), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.