Is CVE-2014-9493 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-9493 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9493?

CVE-2014-9493 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-9493

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD

The V2 API in OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service (Glance) before 2014.2.2 and 2014.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to read or delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in a file: URL in the image location property.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.5 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 2.8% (86th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-9310)
Published: January 7, 2015
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9310 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

openstack / image registry and delivery service (glance)
redhat / openstack
redhat / openstack

References

http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-December/000317.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0246.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71688(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1400966(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2014-041.html(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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