
CVE catalog
CVE-2026-94572
In OpenStack Octavia before 18.0.1, the Amphora provider driver did not validate the listener and pool tls_ciphers field for control characters. The value is written verbatim into the HAProxy configur
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.53% · Oct 25, 2026
In OpenStack Octavia before 18.0.1, the Amphora provider driver did not validate the listener and pool tls_ciphers field for control characters. The value is written verbatim into the HAProxy configuration generated on the amphora, and thus an authenticated project member who owns a TLS-enabled load balancer can embed a newline and inject arbitrary HAProxy configuration directives. Only deployments using the Amphora provider are affected.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | octavia | sid | 19.0.0-10 | fixed |
| Debian | octavia | forky | 19.0.0-10 | fixed |
| Debian | octavia | trixie | 16.0.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | octavia | bookworm | 11.0.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | amphora-agent | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia-api | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia-common | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia-doc | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia-driver-agent | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia-health-manager | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia-housekeeping | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia-worker | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | python3-octavia | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 5.0.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.0.0~b1~git2019121614.45cb1e4e-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.0.0~b2~git2020020614.005cd1e6-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.0.0~b2~git2020020614.005cd1e6-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.0.0~b3~git2020032609.73fca169-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.0.0~b3~git2020041014.771a5d87-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.0.0-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.1.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.2.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.2.1-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.2.1-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.2.2-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 20.04 | 6.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:9.0.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:9.0.0+git2021120816.ab3c3ef7-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:9.0.1+git2022011217.27e5b27d-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:9.0.1+git2022030314.328ffbab-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:10.0.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:10.1.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 22.04 | 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:13.0.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:13.0.0+git2024011917.5750e451-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 26.04 | 1:17.0.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 26.04 | 1:17.0.0+git20260116.e805a93-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 26.04 | 1:18.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 26.04 | 1:18.0.0-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 26.04 | 1:18.0.0-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | octavia | 26.04 | 1:18.0.0-0ubuntu2.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | octavia | source | sid | 18.0.0-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1148175] |
| Debian | octavia | source | forky | 18.0.0-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1148175] |
| Debian | octavia | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1148175] |
| Debian | octavia | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1148175] |
| Ubuntu | octavia | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | amphora-agent | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia-api | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia-common | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia-doc | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia-driver-agent | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia-health-manager | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia-housekeeping | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia-worker | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | python3-octavia | deb | noble | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia | deb | 22.04 | 1:10.1.1-0ubuntu1.5 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-94572 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia | deb | 24.04 | 1:14.0.0-0ubuntu1.6 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-94572 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | octavia | deb | 26.04 | 1:18.0.0-0ubuntu2.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-94572 | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] octavia: Minor issue [bookworm] octavia: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [octavia-agent]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
- [octavia-api]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
- [octavia-common]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
- [octavia-doc]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
- [octavia-driver-agent]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
- [octavia-health-manager]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
- [octavia-housekeeping]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
- [octavia-worker]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
- [python3-octavia]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
11.0.0-2· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · bookworm; nvd · octavia · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [octavia-agent]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
- [octavia-api]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
- [octavia-common]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
- [octavia-doc]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
- [octavia-driver-agent]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
- [octavia-health-manager]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
- [octavia-housekeeping]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
- [octavia-worker]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
- [python3-octavia]Affected
Source package: [octavia]
Details (2)
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
16.0.0-2· all · trixieAffected
nvd · octavia · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94572]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-94572]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-94572]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-94572]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-94572.json]
- [https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8814-1]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]