security release 20.3 and 22.0.1 announcement
Co-authored-by: Daan Hoogland <dahn@apache.org>
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+layout: post
+title: "[ADVISORY] Apache CloudStack LTS Security Releases 4.20.3.0 and 4.22.0.1"
+tags: [announcement]
+authors: [daan]
+slug: security-release-advisory-4.20.3.0-4.22.0.1
+---
+
+[](/blog/security-release-advisory-4.20.3.0-4.22.0.1)
+
+The Apache CloudStack project announces the release of LTS releases [4.20.3.0](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/releases/tag/4.20.3.0) and [4.22.0.1](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/releases/tag/4.22.0.1) that address the following security issues:
+
+- CVE-2025-66170 (severity 'Low')
+- CVE-2025-66171 (severity 'Important')
+- CVE-2025-66172 (severity 'Important')
+- CVE-2025-66467 (severity 'Important')
+- CVE-2025-69233 (severity 'Moderate')
+- CVE-2026-25077 (severity 'Important')
+- CVE-2026-25199 (severity 'Moderate')
+
+
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+
+## [CVE-2025-66170](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66170): Any user can list backups that they should not have access to.
+
+The CloudStack Backup plugin has an improper authorization logic in
+versions 4.21.0.0 and 4.22.0.0. Anyone with authenticated user-account
+access in CloudStack 4.21.0.0+ environments, where this plugin is
+enabled and have access to specific APIs can list backups from any
+account in the environment. This vulnerability does not allow them to
+see the contents of the backup.
+
+### Credits
+
+The CVEs are credited to the following reporters:
+
+ - Fabricio Duarte <fabricio.duarte.jr@gmail.com> (reporter)
+ - Gabriel Ortiga Fernandes <gabriel.ortiga@hotmail.com> (reporter)
+ - Gabriel Pordeus Santos <gabrielpordeus@gmail.com> (reporter)
+
+### Affected versions:
+
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.0.0
+
+### Resolution
+
+Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.0.1 or later, which
+addresses these issues.
+
+## [CVE-2025-66171](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66171): Any user can create a new VM from backups they should not have access to
+
+The CloudStack Backup plugin has an improper access logic in versions
+4.21.0.0 and 4.22.0.0. Anyone with authenticated user-account access
+in CloudStack 4.21.0.0+ environments, where this plugin is enabled and
+have access to specific APIs can create new VMs using backups of any
+other user of the environment.
+
+### Credits
+
+The CVEs are credited to the following reporters:
+
+ - Fabricio Duarte <fabricio.duarte.jr@gmail.com> (reporter)
+ - Gabriel Ortiga Fernandes <gabriel.ortiga@hotmail.com> (reporter)
+ - Gabriel Pordeus Santos <gabrielpordeus@gmail.com> (reporter)
+
+### Affected versions:
+
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.0.0
+
+### Resolution
+
+Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.0.1 or later, which
+addresses these issues.
+
+## [CVE-2025-66172](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66172): Any user can attach a volume in their VMs from backups they should not have access to
+
+The CloudStack Backup plugin has an improper access logic in versions
+4.21.0.0 and 4.22.0.0. Anyone with authenticated user-account access
+in CloudStack 4.21.0.0+ environments, where this plugin is enabled and
+have access to specific APIs can restore a volume from any other
+user's backups and attach the volume to their own VMs.
+
+### Credits
+
+The CVEs are credited to the following reporters:
+
+ - Fabricio Duarte <fabricio.duarte.jr@gmail.com> (reporter)
+ - Gabriel Ortiga Fernandes <gabriel.ortiga@hotmail.com> (reporter)
+ - Gabriel Pordeus Santos <gabrielpordeus@gmail.com> (reporter)
+
+### Affected versions:
+
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.0.0
+
+### Resolution
+
+Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.0.1 or later, which
+addresses these issues.
+
+## [CVE-2025-66467](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66467): MinIO policy remains intact on bucket deletion
+
+Missing MinIO policy cleanup on bucket deletion via Apache CloudStack
+allows users to retain access to buckets which they previously
+owned. If another user creates a new bucket with the same name, the
+previous owners can gain unauthorized read and write access to it by
+using the previously generated access and secret keys.
+
+### Credits
+
+The CVEs are credited to the following reporters:
+
+ - Roman Kozello <roman.kozello@gmail.com> (reporter)
+
+### Affected versions:
+
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.19.0.0 through 4.20.2.0
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.0.0
+
+### Resolution
+
+Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.0 or 4.22.0.1 or
+later, which addresses these issues.
+
+
+## [CVE-2025-69233](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69233): Domain/account resources limits not honored
+
+Due to multiple time-of-check time-of-use race conditions in the
+resource count check and increment logic, as well as missing
+validations, users of the platform are able to exceed the allocation
+limits configured for their accounts/domains. This can be used by an
+attacker to degrade the infrastructure's resources and lead to denial
+of service conditions.
+
+### Credits
+
+The CVEs are credited to the following reporters:
+
+ - Fernando Oliveira <ferolicar82@gmail.com> (reporter)
+ - Gustavo Viana <viana.gust@gmail.com> (reporter)
+
+### Affected versions:
+
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.0.0 through 4.20.2.0
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.0.0
+
+### Resolution
+
+Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.0 or 4.22.0.1 or
+later, which addresses these issues.
+
+
+## [CVE-2026-25077](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25077):Unauthenticated Command Injection in Direct Download Templates
+
+Account users are allowed by default to register templates to be
+downloaded directly to the primary storage for deploying instances
+using the KVM hypervisor. Due to missing file name sanitization, an
+attacker can register malicious templates to execute arbitrary code on
+the KVM hosts. This can result in the compromise of resource integrity
+and confidentiality, data loss, denial of service, and availability of
+the KVM-based infrastructure managed by CloudStack.
+
+### Credits
+
+The CVEs are credited to the following reporters:
+
+ - Reza at HazardLab (https://hazardlab.ninja) (reporter)
+
+
+### Affected versions:
+
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.11.0 through 4.20.2.0
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.0.0
+
+### Resolution
+
+Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.0 or 4.22.0.1 or
+later, which addresses the issue.
+
+
+## [CVE-2026-25199](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25199): Proxmox Extension Allows Unauthorized Cross-Tenant Instance Access
+
+The Proxmox extension for CloudStack improperly uses a user-editable
+instance setting, proxmox_vmid, to associate CloudStack instances with
+Proxmox virtual machines. Because this value is not restricted or
+validated against tenant ownership and Proxmox VM IDs are predictable,
+a non-privileged attacker can modify the setting to reference a VM
+belonging to another account. This allows unauthorized cross-tenant
+access and enables full control over the targeted VM, including
+starting, stopping, and destroying the virtual machine.
+
+### Credits
+
+The CVEs are credited to the following reporters:
+
+ - Sander Grendelman <sander.grendelman@axians.com> (reporter)
+
+### Affected versions:
+
+ - Apache CloudStack 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.0.0
+
+### Resolution
+
+Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.22.0.1 or later, which
+addresses these issues.
+
+As a workaround for the existing installations, editing of the
+proxmox_vmid instance detail by users can be prevented by adding this
+detail name to the global configuration parameter -
+user.vm.denied.details.
+
+## Downloads and Documentation
+
+The official source code for the 4.22.0.1 release can be downloaded
+from the project downloads page:
+
+https://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads
+
+The 4.22.0.1 release notes can be found at:
+- https://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.22.0.1/releasenotes/about.html
+
+In addition to the official source code release, individual
+contributors have also made release packages available on the Apache
+CloudStack download page, and available at:
+
+- https://download.cloudstack.org/el/8/
+- https://download.cloudstack.org/el/9/
+- https://download.cloudstack.org/el/10/
+- https://download.cloudstack.org/suse/15/
+- https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
+- https://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-packages/
