A flaw in OpenStack Nova’s interaction with the qemu-img utility allows an authenticated user to overwrite arbitrary files on the compute host. This occurs because Nova invokes qemu-img without strictly constraining the disk image format, enabling a malicious user to craft a QCOW2 header on a raw disk and trigger destructive behavior during instance operations such as resize.
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Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw in OpenStack Nova’s interaction with the qemu-img utility allows an authenticated user to overwrite arbitrary files on the compute host. This occurs because Nova invokes qemu-img without strictly constraining the disk image format, enabling a malicious user to craft a QCOW2 header on a raw disk and trigger destructive behavior during instance operations such as resize.
Title openstack-nova-compute: Arbitrary Host File Overwrite via Unconstrained qemu-img Format Handling in OpenStack Nova
Weaknesses CWE-73
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-02-17T15:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-24708 - Bugzilla

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