Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
OpenStack Swift versions before 2.37.2 are affected. An authenticated user with write access can inject internal update headers so that proxy-server forwards container update requests to an attacker-controlled server, enabling server-side request forgery that can expose internal cluster metadata and, with at-rest encryption enabled, encryption material. Upgrade to swift 2.37.2 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Medium | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N | CNA (mitre) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-h8rc-w822-q8vq
- OSV: GHSA-h8rc-w822-q8vq
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50221
- github.com/openstack/swift/commit/75b050fdb1d1a6096f3765faa3b2059e28065d13
- launchpad.net/bugs/2150261
- opendev.org/openstack/swift/commit/75b050fdb1d1a6096f3765faa3b2059e28065d13
- security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-024.html
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/23/5
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/23/5
- pypi.org/project/swift
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8rc-w822-q8vq