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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8434-1
June 16, 2026

nova vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Nova could be made to bypass resource accounting.

Software Description:
- nova: OpenStack Compute cloud infrastructure

Details:

It was discovered that Nova did not strip internal _nova-prefixed
scheduler hints supplied by users on instance creation. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to bypass Placement resource claims and
scheduling constraint enforcement.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  nova-ajax-console-proxy         3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-api                        3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-api-metadata               3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-api-os-compute             3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-api-os-volume              3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-cells                      3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-common                     3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-compute                    3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-compute-ironic             3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-compute-kvm                3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-compute-libvirt            3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-compute-lxc                3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-compute-qemu               3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-compute-vmware             3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-compute-xen                3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-conductor                  3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-doc                        3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-novncproxy                 3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-scheduler                  3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-serialproxy                3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-spiceproxy                 3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  nova-volume                     3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  python3-nova                    3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 25.10
  nova-ajax-console-proxy         3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-api                        3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-api-metadata               3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-api-os-compute             3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-api-os-volume              3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-cells                      3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-common                     3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-compute                    3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-compute-ironic             3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-compute-kvm                3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-compute-libvirt            3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-compute-lxc                3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-compute-qemu               3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-compute-vmware             3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-compute-xen                3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-conductor                  3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-doc                        3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-novncproxy                 3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-scheduler                  3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-serialproxy                3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-spiceproxy                 3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  nova-volume                     3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  python3-nova                    3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  nova-ajax-console-proxy         3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-api                        3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-api-metadata               3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-api-os-compute             3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-api-os-volume              3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-cells                      3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-common                     3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-compute                    3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-compute-ironic             3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-compute-kvm                3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-compute-libvirt            3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-compute-lxc                3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-compute-qemu               3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-compute-vmware             3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-compute-xen                3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-conductor                  3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-doc                        3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-novncproxy                 3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-scheduler                  3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-serialproxy                3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-spiceproxy                 3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  nova-volume                     3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  python3-nova                    3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  nova-ajax-console-proxy         3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-api                        3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-api-metadata               3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-api-os-compute             3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-api-os-volume              3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-cells                      3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-common                     3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-compute                    3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-compute-ironic             3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-compute-kvm                3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-compute-libvirt            3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-compute-lxc                3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-compute-qemu               3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-compute-vmware             3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-compute-xen                3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-conductor                  3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-doc                        3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-novncproxy                 3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-scheduler                  3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-serialproxy                3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-spiceproxy                 3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  nova-volume                     3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11
  python3-nova                    3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8434-1
  CVE-2026-46448

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/3:33.0.0-0ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/3:32.0.0-0ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/3:29.2.0-0ubuntu1.7
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nova/3:25.2.1-0ubuntu2.11

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