OpenStack Glance vulnerabilities
Published: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:04
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in OpenStack Glance.
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)
Recommended actions per Ubuntu release
StackPatch playbook auto-generated per release codename and per affected package.
Ubuntu bionic
glance→2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance→2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-api→2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-api
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-common→2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-common
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-registry→2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-registry
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
python-glance→2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
python-glance-doc→2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:16.0.1-0ubuntu1.1+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-glance-doc
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
Ubuntu focal
glance→2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance→2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-api→2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-api
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-common→2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-common
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
python-glance-doc→2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-glance-doc
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
python3-glance→2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:20.2.0-0ubuntu1.2+esm2 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python3-glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
Ubuntu xenial
glance→2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance→2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-api→2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-api
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-common→2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-common
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-glare→2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-glare
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
glance-registry→2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y glance-registry
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
python-glance→2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-glance
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
python-glance-doc→2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1apt_upgradeStandard apt upgrade. Install 2:12.0.0-0ubuntu2+esm1 from the apt repo.
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-glance-doc
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
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