Race Condition Affecting neutron package, versions <1:7.0.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.97% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NEUTRON-18496090
  • published1 Aug 2026
  • disclosed27 Oct 2015

Introduced: 27 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-5240  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest neutron to version 1:7.0.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream neutron package and not the neutron package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in OpenStack Neutron before 2014.2.4 and 2015.1 before 2015.1.2, when using the ML2 plugin or the security groups AMQP API, allows remote authenticated users to bypass IP anti-spoofing controls by changing the device owner of a port to start with network: before the security group rules are applied.

CVSS Base Scores

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