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Ubuntu 20.04 18.04 OpenStack Glance Security Flaws USN-8199-1

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Calendar Grey April 27, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Review of Ubuntu's USN-8199-1 highlighting fixed security issues in OpenStack Glance affecting multiple LTS versions.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenStack Glance.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenStack Glance.

Software Description:

- glance: OpenStack Image Registry and Delivery Service

Details:

Martin Kaesberger discovered that OpenStack Glance's image processing could

return the contents of arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this

issue to exfiltrate sensitive data. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04

LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-32498)

Hyeongeun Ji and Abhishek Kekane discovered several server-side request

forgery vulnerabilities in OpenStack Glance's image import. An attacker

could possibly use this issue to bypass URL validation checks and redirect

to internal services. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu

20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-34881)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu glance image service request forgery exfiltration

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  glance                          2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-api                      2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-common                   2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python3-glance                  2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  glance                          2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-api                      2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-common                   2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-registry                 2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python-glance                   2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  glance                          2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-api                      2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-common                   2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-glare                    2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  glance-registry                 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  python-glance                   2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8199-1

CVE-2024-32498, CVE-2026-34881

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8199-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu glance image service request forgery exfiltration

Package Information

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