Glance
CVE-2018-3715
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
glance node module before 3.0.4 suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of path passed to it, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in npm
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. glance node module before 3.0.4 suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of path passed to it, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path. Affected products include: Glance Project Glance. Version information: before 3.0.4.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
glance node module before 3.0.4 suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of path passed to it, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The nlpweb/glance repository through 2014-06-27 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file fun
The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.
There is a Stored XSS vulnerability in the glance node module versions <= 3.0.5. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this
Mirametrix Glance before 5.1.1.42207 (released on 2018-08-30) allows a local attacker to elevate privileges. Rated high
OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) Folsom, Grizzly before 2013.1.4, and Havana before 2013.2, when t
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder through 24.0.0, Glance before 28.0.2, and Nova before 29.0.3. Rated medium s
An SSRF issue was discovered in OpenStack Glance before Newton. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is
The image signature algorithm in OpenStack Glance 11.0.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the signature verification pr
Server-Side Request Forgery in OpenStack Glance image import allows authenticated users to bypass URL validation via HTT
OpenStack Glance before 2015.1.1 (kilo) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption
The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 st
The import task action in OpenStack Image Service (Glance) 2015.1.x before 2015.1.2 (kilo), when using the V2 API, allow
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