CVE-2026-59654: Apache Cloudstack

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Apache CloudStack's scoped global configuration functionality. It affects different modules and plugins of the CloudStack management server, including Quota, Host-HA, etc., and may lead to eventual denial of service (DoS) scenario for the management server. This issue affects Apache CloudStack: from 4.7.0 through 4.20.3.0 and from 4.21.0.0 through 4.22.1.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.20.3.1 or 4.22.1.1 or later, which fixes the issue.

Affected products

• Apache Cloudstack: from 4.7.0, before 4.20.3.1 (fixed in 4.20.3.1); from 4.21.0.0, before 4.22.1.1 (fixed in 4.22.1.1)

Published 2026-08-21. Last modified 2026-08-27.