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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-7851 · published 16 October 2017

CVE-2014-7851: Ovirt permissions and access controls vulnerability

Ovirt · Ovirt

oVirt 3.2.2 through 3.5.0 does not invalidate the restapi session after logout from the webadmin, which allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of another user's session data to gain that user's privileges by replacing their session token with that of another user.

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 1.0% · top 38.6% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.0
1.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

oVirt 3.2.2 through 3.5.0 does not invalidate the restapi session after logout from the webadmin, which allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of another user's session data to gain that user's privileges by replacing their session token with that of another user.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161730 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165311 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161730 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165311 Issue Tracking

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-7851), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.