CVE-2013-4278
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot
02 Description
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-09-16 19:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9c50e9ca0fb8d3c3d1114c4a216a086c57e9d3c7de7eead14bad8c3f25d0ebfb
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179
- lists.openstack.org[openstack-announce] 20130828 [OSSA 2013-024] Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors (CVE-2013-4278)http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1199http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nova Fixed in 2013.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nova Fixed in 2013.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nova Fixed in 2013.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.