Management-server DoS via leaked database connections
Published Aug 21, 2026 · Updated Aug 21, 2026
Resource leak in Apache CloudStack 4.7.0 through 4.20.3.0 and 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0 allows attackers to interrupt management-server operations. The scoped global configuration path retains database connections beyond their effective lifetime across management-server modules and plugins, including Quota and Host-HA. Network reachability, low privileges, active user interaction, and specific attack conditions are required before accumulated connections exhaust capacity and stop management operations.
Summary
What happened
Resource leak in Apache CloudStack 4.7.0 through 4.20.3.0 and 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0 allows attackers to interrupt management-server operations. The scoped global configuration path retains database connections beyond their effective lifetime across management-server modules and plugins, including Quota and Host-HA. Network reachability, low privileges, active user interaction, and specific attack conditions are required before accumulated connections exhaust capacity and stop management operations.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-59654
- Published
- Aug 21, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 21, 2026
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache CloudStack
- Classifications
- CWE-772, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=4.21.0.0 <=4.22.1.0
- Affected versionversion=4.7.0 <=4.20.3.0
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