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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-84165 EUVD-2026-69013GHSA-m4j2-w8wf-vp83

Lack of authorisation in OpenNebula by OpenNebula Systems

Published Sep 1, 2026 · Updated Sep 1, 2026 · Assigned by INCIBE

Description

A vulnerability relating to incorrect access control in OpenNebula by OpenNebula Systems, affecting all versions prior to 7.4. This vulnerability could allow an authenticated user with basic permissions to execute commands on virtual machines belonging to other users via the `one.vm.exec` function, without proper verification of access permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, it is only necessary to know the virtual machine’s identifier and for qemu-agent to be enabled on that machine. Exploitation could allow commands to be executed and compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the affected virtual machines.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenNebula Systems OpenNebula < 7.4 7.4

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
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS opennebula No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS opennebula No fix yet —

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