nova: Live migration can leak root disk into ephemeral storage
Published Feb 6, 2014
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.44%
Description
The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.
Affected products
No data.
- 2012.2
- 2013.1
- 2013.1.1
- 2013.1.2
- 2013.1.3
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
No data.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
openstack-nova-0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0366
OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6
openstack-nova-0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0231
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | openstack-nova-0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0366 |
| OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6 | openstack-nova-0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0231 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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 | 2.44% (0.02438) | 83.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.16% (0.02159) | 79.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.54% (0.02539) | 84.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.65% (0.05649) | 83.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.54% (0.02539) | 84.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00762) | 81.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00762) | 81.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 0.76% (0.00762) | 78.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.74% (0.00740) | 77.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127732.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127735.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://osvdb.org/102416 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56450 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/23/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65106 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7130 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1251590 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1055400 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90652 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99rx-9x8v-9j8p Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/15ee7e17f63f5583307a546ecf28952c364c88f9
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0d36683fe064b32cbef013e1c0c46bd018ab9a1
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/cbeb5e51886b0296349fc476305bfe3d63c627c3
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2014-111.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7130
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/68658 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/68659 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/68660 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7130
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