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Workaround
Restrict network access to the `openstack-network-exporter` service. Configure firewall rules to limit incoming connections to port 1981 (the default port for the exporter) only from trusted hosts or networks that require access for Prometheus scraping. This will reduce the attack surface by preventing unauthenticated adjacent attackers from reaching the service. Applying firewall rules may require restarting network services or the firewall daemon to take effect.
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | A flaw was found in openstack-network-exporter. The HTTP server within the component is configured without essential timeout settings, such as ReadHeaderTimeout. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to initiate multiple slow HTTP header connections. By trickling header bytes, the attacker can exhaust server resources, specifically file descriptors, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) that prevents legitimate Prometheus metric scraping and alerting. | |
| Title | Openstack-network-exporter: http.server has no readheadertimeout / readtimeout (slowloris) | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat openstack |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:18.0 | |
| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat openstack |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-12T18:50:23.855Z
Reserved: 2026-08-31T16:53:08.479Z
Link: CVE-2026-83536
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-12T19:16:39.997
Modified: 2026-10-12T19:16:39.997
Link: CVE-2026-83536
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-12T20:45:17Z