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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-5201 · published 25 February 2020

CVE-2015-5201: Redhat enterprise virtualization missing authentication for critical function vulnerability

Redhat · Enterprise Virtualization

VDSM and libvirt in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H) 7-7.x before 7-7.2-20151119.0 and 6-6.x before 6-6.7-20151117.0 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization before 3.5.6 when VSDM is run with -spice disable-ticketing and a VM is suspended and then restored, allows remote attackers to log in without authentication via unspecified vectors.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.5% · top 27.4% CWE-306 · Missing authentication for critical function
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

VDSM and libvirt in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H) 7-7.x before 7-7.2-20151119.0 and 6-6.x before 6-6.7-20151117.0 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization before 3.5.6 when VSDM is run with -spice disable-ticketing and a VM is suspended and then restored, allows remote attackers to log in without authentication via unspecified vectors.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5201 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253882 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273144 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2015-2527.html Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5201 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253882 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273144 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2015-2527.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-5201), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.