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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-5223 · published 26 October 2015

CVE-2015-5223: Openstack swift information exposure vulnerability

Openstack · Swift

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.4.0 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a PUT tempurl and a DLO object manifest that references an object in another container.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.6% · top 15.2% CWE-200 · Information exposure
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.4.0 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a PUT tempurl and a DLO object manifest that references an object in another container.

AV:N/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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1895.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/26/5
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84827
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1449212
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1453948
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-016.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1895.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0329.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/26/5
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84827
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1449212
https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1453948
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2015-016.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-5223), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.