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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-3654

A vulnerability was found in openstack-nova's console proxy, noVNC. By crafting a malicious URL, noVNC could be made to redirect to any desired URL.

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CVE-2021-3654
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1 Nov 2026, 06:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-3654

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Mar 2022, 23:15 UTC

A vulnerability was found in openstack-nova's console proxy, noVNC. By crafting a malicious URL, noVNC could be made to redirect to any desired URL.

osv:CVE-2021-3654
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3654",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-3654",
    "summary": "A vulnerability was found in openstack-nova's console proxy, noVNC. By crafting a malicious URL, noVNC could be made to redirect to any desired URL.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-3654",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "PYSEC-2026-693"
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.396606999Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-02",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1927677",
        "https://bugs.python.org/issue32084",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961439",
        "https://opendev.org/openstack/nova/commit/04d48527b62a35d912f93bc75613a6cca606df66",
        "https://opendev.org/openstack/nova/commit/8906552cfc2525a44251d4cf313ece61e57251eb",
        "https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2021-002.html",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/29/2"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433963,
  "published_at": "2022-03-02T23:15:08.73+00:00"
}