CVE-2026-74248

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-14. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

OpenStack Octavia through 18.0.0 mishandles quality of service (QoS) policy authorization. By associating another project's QoS policy with an amphora, an authenticated user may prevent deletion of that policy. All Octavia deployments are affected.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 14, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - [OSSA-2026-035] OpenStack Octavia: Unauthorized QoS policy deletion lock (CVE pending)

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/13/12
generic

Bug #2161500 “[OSSA-2026-035] Unauthorized QoS policy deletion l...” : Bugs : octavia

https://bugs.launchpad.net/octavia/+bug/2161500

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74248(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 01:47 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 01:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 00:21 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-18 22:57 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-18 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-17 21:34 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-17 21:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 21:15 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 21:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 20:30 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 20:03 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-17 20:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-17 00:06 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-17 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-15 22:43 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-15 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-14 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-14 20:34 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-14 20:33 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74248?
CVE-2026-74248 is a medium vulnerability published on August 14, 2026. OpenStack Octavia through 18.0.0 mishandles quality of service (QoS) policy authorization. By associating another project's QoS policy with an amphora, an authenticated user may prevent deletion of that policy. All Octavia deployments are affected.
When was CVE-2026-74248 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74248 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 14, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74248 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74248 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 91.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74248?
CVE-2026-74248 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74248?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74248, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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