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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-46448 EUVD-2026-37218GHSA-mfg3-p6m3-gjgrPYSEC-2026-2686

OpenStack Nova: Nova scheduler hint injection bypasses Placement resource claims and scheduling constraints

Published Jun 16, 2026 · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In OpenStack Nova before 33.0.2, the server create API does not strip certain hint data. The resulting instance has no Placement allocation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenStack Nova 18.0.0 – < 31.3.1, 32.0.0 – < 32.2.1, 33.0.0 – < 33.0.2 31.3.1

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 nova 2:33.0.1-4 —
Debian 13 nova No fix yet —
Debian 12 nova 2:26.2.2-1~deb12u5 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS nova 3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1 —
Ubuntu 25.10 nova 3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS nova 3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS nova 3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11 —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS nova No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS nova No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS nova No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI nova >= 18.0.0, < 31.3.1 · >= 32.0.0, < 32.2.1 · >= 33.0.0, < 33.0.2 31.3.1, 32.2.1, 33.0.2 PYSEC-2026-2686
PyPI nova >= 18.0.0, <= 31.3.0 — GHSA-mfg3-p6m3-gjgr
PyPI nova >= 32.0.0, < 32.2.1 32.2.1 GHSA-mfg3-p6m3-gjgr
PyPI nova >= 33.0.0, < 33.0.2 33.0.2 GHSA-mfg3-p6m3-gjgr

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