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[USN-8199-1] OpenStack Glance vulnerabilities

Posted on 27 April 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8199-1
April 22, 2026

glance vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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)

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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