An issue was discovered in OpenStack Horizon 25.6 and 25.7 before 25.7.3. There is a write operation to the session storage backend before authentication and thus storage can be exhausted by unauthenticated requests. This is a regression of the CVE-2014-8124 fix.

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Tue, 05 May 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Title OpenStack Horizon Session Storage Exhaustion Vulnerability

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 05 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in OpenStack Horizon 25.6 and 25.7 before 25.7.3. There is a write operation to the session storage backend before authentication and thus storage can be exhausted by unauthenticated requests. This is a regression of the CVE-2014-8124 fix.
First Time appeared Openstack
Openstack horizon
Weaknesses CWE-696
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openstack
Openstack horizon
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-05T17:26:59.504Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-43002

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-05T17:26:49.397Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-05T17:17:04.920

Modified: 2026-05-05T18:16:02.737

Link: CVE-2026-43002

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-05T19:00:12Z

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