# CVE-2026-71198: In OpenStack Glance before 32.0.1, the location API does not validate destination hosts when adding an HTTP location to an image.

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 30.2.1, 31.1.1, 32.0.1
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- OpenStack Glance: from 16.0.0, fixed in 30.2.1; from 31.0.0, fixed in 31.1.1; from 32.0.0, fixed in 32.0.1

## Description

In OpenStack Glance before 32.0.1, the location API does not validate destination hosts when adding an HTTP location to an image. Unlike the web-download import path, the location API only checks the URL scheme and does not apply the import_filtering_opts host restrictions. An authenticated user can add a location pointing to internal endpoints such as the cloud metadata service (169.254.169.254), and retrieve the response by downloading the image data. This affects both the new POST /v2/images/{id}/locations API and the old PATCH API when show_multiple_locations is enabled. Deployments with the HTTP store backend enabled are affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenStack Glance, upgrade to a fixed version (30.2.1, 31.1.1, 32.0.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://launchpad.net/bugs/2161330
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-038.html
- https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/03/2

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