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Advisory details: pypa / nova/PYSEC-2026-857
Advisory ID pypa/nova/PYSEC-2026-857
Aliases CVE-2015-9543
GHSA-22jm-4hxw-35jf
PYSEC-2026-857
Summary OpenStack Nova can leak consoleauth token into log files An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 18.2.4, 19.x before 19.1.0, and 20.x before 20.1.0. It can leak consoleauth tokens into log files. An attacker with read access to the service's logs may obtain tokens used for console access. All Nova setups using novncproxy are affected. This is related to `NovaProxyRequestHandlerBase.new_websocket_client` in `console/websocketproxy.py`.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 1.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.

No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2026-857.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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