CVE-2026-43002

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Horizon 25.6 and 25.7 before 25.7.3. There is a write operation to the session storage backend before authentication and thus storage can be exhausted by unauthenticated requests. This is a regression of the CVE-2014-8124 fix.

CVSS v3.1 Score

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0007

Probability of exploitation

0.22%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-696 CWE-696

References

Other References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/2150331 https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-009.html https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/05/7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/2150331

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-43002? +

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Horizon 25.6 and 25.7 before 25.7.3. There is a write operation to the session storage backend before authentication and thus storage can be exhausted by unauthenticated requests. This is a regression of the CVE-2014-8124 fix. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2026-43002? +

CVE-2026-43002 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.3 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance. The EPSS score is 0.0007, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-43002? +

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