OpenStack: Nova private flavors resource limit circumvention
Published Sep 16, 2013
6.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.84%
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-2 does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information (flavor properties), boot arbitrary flavors, and possibly have other unspecified impacts by guessing the flavor id.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
openstack-nova-0:2013.1.3-3.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1199
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
openstack-nova
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | openstack-nova-0:2013.1.3-3.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1199 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | openstack-nova | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.84% (0.01844) | 78.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01829) | 75.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 54.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00238) | 62.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00238) | 61.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00204) | 56.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 52.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 52.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 19, 2022 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 51.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 49.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 28.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/281 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1199
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2256 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1194093 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=993340 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mj6-643f-2g85 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2256
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2256
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/281 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1199 | ||
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2256 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1194093 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=993340 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mj6-643f-2g85 | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2256 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2256 |
Change history (0)
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