OpenStack Octavia through 18.0.0 mishandles quality of service (QoS) policy authorization. By associating another project's QoS policy with an amphora, an authenticated user may prevent deletion of that policy. All Octavia deployments are affected.

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Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
OpenStack Octavia unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 16.0.2
17.0.0 affected —
18.0.0 affected —

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/octavia/+bug/2161500 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/13/12 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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Title Octavia QoS Policy Authorization Bypass Preventing Policy Deletion

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description OpenStack Octavia through 18.0.0 mishandles quality of service (QoS) policy authorization. By associating another project's QoS policy with an amphora, an authenticated user may prevent deletion of that policy. All Octavia deployments are affected.
First Time appeared Openstack
Openstack octavia
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openstack:octavia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openstack
Openstack octavia
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T20:20:31.446Z

Reserved: 2026-08-14T20:20:31.038Z

Link: CVE-2026-74248

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T21:17:58.173

Modified: 2026-08-14T21:17:58.173

Link: CVE-2026-74248

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Updated: 2026-08-14T21:30:04Z

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