Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8466

Title: Openstack Swift3 Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8466.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Jan 13, 2016

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.4 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8466: Swift3 before 1.9 allows remote attackers to conduct replay attacks via an Authorization request that lacks a Date header.

Impacted Vendors

openstack 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174374.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3583 https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift3/+bug/1497424 https://github.com/openstack/swift3/blob/master/CHANGELOG https://swiftstack.com/docs/admin/release.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174374.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3583 https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift3/+bug/1497424 https://github.com/openstack/swift3/blob/master/CHANGELOG https://swiftstack.com/docs/admin/release.html

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8466 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 13, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity HIGH

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.