Inside CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2024: ShapeBlue’s Recap and Highlights

Reflecting on CSCollab2024

The CloudStack Collaboration Conference (CCC) 2024 has come and gone, and what an incredible event it was! It was great seeing the community come together from all corners of the globe to collaborate on all things #CloudStack. As a Diamond Sponsor, the ShapeBlue team is proud to participate in this conference each year, whether through […]

ShapeBlue Security Advisory: Apache CloudStack Security Releases 4.18.2.5 and 4.19.1.3

hapeBlue Security Advisory: Apache CloudStack Security Releases 4.18.2.5 and 4.19.1.3

The Apache CloudStack project has announced an advisory against  CVE-2024-50386 (severity ‘Important’). CVE-2024-50386: Directly downloaded templates can be used to abuse KVM-based infrastructure Account users in Apache CloudStack by default are allowed to register templates to be downloaded directly to the primary storage for deploying instances. Due to missing validation checks for KVM-compatible templates in […]

ShapeBlue Security Advisory: Apache CloudStack Security Releases 4.18.2.4 and 4.19.1.2

ShapeBlue security advisory

The Apache CloudStack project has announced an advisory against CVE-2024-45219 (severity ‘Important’), CVE-2024-45461 (severity ‘Moderate’), CVE-2024-45462 (severity ‘Moderate’) and CVE-2024-45693 (severity ‘Important’), explained below. CVE-2024-45219: Uploaded and registered templates and volumes can abuse KVM-based infrastructure Account users in Apache CloudStack by default are allowed to upload and register templates for deploying instances and volumes for […]

Becoming an Employee-Owner at ShapeBlue | Meet the Team

Becoming an employee-owned at ShapeBlue

Hi, I’m Abhisar Sinha, and I’m thrilled to share a bit about myself and my journey at ShapeBlue. I joined the company as a software developer six months ago, after a stint of over 12 years at NetApp, India. While my previous role allowed me to dive deep into the world of storage at a low […]

Empowering Excellence: ShapeBlue’s Commitment to Employee Ownership

shapeblue team on CCC

At ShapeBlue, our employees are not just our workforce – they are our partners in success. We have built our organisational culture around core values of empowerment, ownership and responsibility, openness, honesty and fairness, and creating value through our work. Our commitment to these principles forms the foundation of our employee ownership model, fostering a […]

ShapeBlue Team Members will be presenting at the CloudStack European User Group 2024

CloudStack European User Group in Germany

The ShapeBlue team is excited about the upcoming CloudStack European User Group 2024, scheduled for September 19th in Frankfurt. Hosted by proIO, a leading German Private Cloud and Managed Hosting Provider, this event will feature a day of insightful CloudStack-focus presentations. We are excited to see ShapeBlue CEO, Giles Sirett and Technical Marketing Manager, Marco […]

ShapeBlue Security Advisory: Apache CloudStack Security Releases 4.18.2.3 and 4.19.1.1

Advisory: ACS LTS security releases

The Apache CloudStack project has announced an advisory against CVE-2024-42062 and CVE-2024-42222, both of severity rating ‘critical’, explained below. CVE-2024-42062: User Key Exposure to Domain Admins CloudStack account-users by default use username and password based authentication for API and UI access. Account-users can generate and register randomised API and secret keys and use them for the […]

ShapeBlue Security Advisory: Apache CloudStack CVE-2024-41107 SAML Signature Exclusion

ShapeBlue Security advisory

The Apache CloudStack project has announced an advisory against CVE-2024-41107 that affects CloudStack SAML users, of severity ‘important’ explained below. CVE-2024-41107: SAML Signature Exclusion The CloudStack SAML authentication (disabled by default) does not enforce signature check. In CloudStack environments where SAML authentication is enabled, an attacker that initiates CloudStack SAML single sign-on authentication can bypass […]

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