Skip to main content

USN-8814-1: Octavia vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Octavia did not properly validate TLS cipher string fields in the Amphora provider driver. An authenticated attacker who owns a TLS-enabled load balancer could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary HAProxy configuration directives. (CVE-2026-94572) It was discovered that Octavia did not properly validate L7 policy redirect URL fields in the Amphora provider driver. An authenticated attacker who owns a load balancer could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary HAProxy configuration directives. (CVE-2026-94571) It was discovered that Octavia incorrectly handled quality of service policy authorization. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to prevent deletion of another project's QoS policy. (CVE-2026-74248)

About

Kenya Education Network CERT(KENET-CERT) is a Cybersecurity Emergency Response Team and Co-ordination Center operated by the National Research and Education Network of Kenya. KENET-CERT coordination center promotes awareness on cybersecurity incidences as well as coordinates and assists member institutions in responding effectively to cyber security threats and incidences. KENET-CERT works closely with Kenya's National CIRT coordination center (CIRT/CC) as a sector CIRT for the academic institutions. KENET promotes use of ICT in Teaching, Learning and Research in Higher Education Institutions in Kenya. KENET aims to interconnect all the Universities, Tertiary and Research Institutions in Kenya by setting up a cost effective and sustainable private network with high speed access to the global Internet. KENET also facilitates electronic communication among students and faculties in member institutions, share learning and teaching resources by collaboration in Research and Development of Educational content.