High
octavia — security advisory
In a default Red Hat Openstack Platform Director installation, openstack-octavia before versions openstack-octavia 2.0.2-5 and openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732 creates log files that are readable by all users. Sensitive information such as private keys can appear in these log files allowing for information exposure.
- Products
- octavia
- Affected versions
- 1:10.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1:10.1.0-0ubuntu1, 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1, 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.1, 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.2, 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.3, 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.4, 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.5, 1:13.0.0+git2024011917.5750e451-0ubuntu1, 1:13.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.1, 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.2, 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.3, 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.4, 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.5, 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6, 1:14.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1, 1:16.0.0+git2025070714.0f04d4007-0ubuntu1, 1:16.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1:17.0.0+git20260116.e805a93-0ubuntu1, 1:17.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1:17.0.0-0ubuntu1.1, 1:17.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu1, 1:18.0.0+git20260817.63.0e6ea11-0ubuntu1, 1:18.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1:18.0.0-0ubuntu2, 1:18.0.0-0ubuntu2.1, 1:18.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2, 1:19.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1:19.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1, 1:9.0.0+git2021120816.ab3c3ef7-0ubuntu1, 1:9.0.0-0ubuntu1, 1:9.0.1+git2022011217.27e5b27d-0ubuntu1, 1:9.0.1+git2022030314.328ffbab-0ubuntu1, 5.0.0-0ubuntu1, 6.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 6.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.2, 6.0.0~b1~git2019121614.45cb1e4e-0ubuntu1, 6.0.0~b2~git2020020614.005cd1e6-0ubuntu1, 6.0.0~b2~git2020020614.005cd1e6-0ubuntu2, 6.0.0~b3~git2020032609.73fca169-0ubuntu1, 6.0.0~b3~git2020041014.771a5d87-0ubuntu1, 6.1.0-0ubuntu1, 6.2.0-0ubuntu1, 6.2.1-0ubuntu1, 6.2.1-0ubuntu2, 6.2.2-0ubuntu1, 6.2.2-0ubuntu1.1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-16856
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In a default Red Hat Openstack Platform Director installation, openstack-octavia before versions openstack-octavia 2.0.2-5 and openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732 creates log files that are readable by all users. Sensitive information such as private keys can appear in these log files allowing for information exposure.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16856
octavia
Fixed versions: Not specified
octavia
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octavia
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octavia
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octavia
Fixed versions: Not specified
octavia
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-17T12:55:09.468188058Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2018-16856"
],
"references": [
"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16856",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649165",
"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16856"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2018-16856",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 353642,
"published_at": "2019-03-26T18:29:00+00:00"
}