OpenStack Swift Unauthorized delete of versioned Swift object

中 5.5CVE-2015-1856 · GHSA-cc77-5vw4-7pwg · PYSEC-2026-931 · Published 17/04/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
swift PyPI	`< 2.3.0`	`2.3.0`
swift openstack	`≤ 2.2.2`	No fix yet

Description

OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) before 2.3.0, when allow_version is configured, allows remote authenticated users to delete the latest version of an object by leveraging listing access to the x-versions-location container.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1856 · ADVISORY
bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1430645 · WEB
git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit · WEB
git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit · WEB
git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit · WEB
git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/swift/commit · WEB
openstack/swift · PACKAGE
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163113.html · WEB
lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-April/000349.html · WEB
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00025.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1681.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1684.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1845.html · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1846.html · WEB
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html · WEB
securityfocus.com/bid/74182 · WEB
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2704-1 · WEB
pypi.org/project/swift · PACKAGE
GitHub Advisory GHSA-cc77-5vw4-7pwg · ADVISORY

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