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CVE-2013-0266: Puppetlabs-cinder: packstack: openstack: puppetlabs-cinder: information disclosure of openstack administrative passwords due to world-readable configuration fil

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: openstack-packstack (Red Hat:openstack:2::el6) 0:2012.2.2-1.0.dev408.el6ost.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to openstack-packstack (Red Hat:openstack:2::el6) 0:2012.2.2-1.0.dev408.el6ost or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

A flaw was found in the `puppetlabs-cinder` module, as used in PackStack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect file permissions, specifically world-readable permissions, on the `cinder.conf` and `api-paste.ini` configuration files. A local user can exploit this by reading these files, which leads to the disclosure of OpenStack administrative passwords. This information disclosure could allow unauthorized access to sensitive OpenStack resources.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 8, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 18th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CNA vs NVD score

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CNA · redhat
5.5
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
openstackessex
openstackfolsom

Affected versions

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  • openstack essexall versions
  • openstack folsomall versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)

    • all versionsaffected

  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4

    • all versionsaffected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:openstack:2::el6openstack-packstackbefore 0:2012.2.2-1.0.dev408.el6ost0:2012.2.2-1.0.dev408.el6ost

Same product

openstack: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2013-0261Packstack: packstack: arbitrary file overwrite via symlink attack
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2013-0335Openstack nova: vnc proxy can connect to the wrong vm
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2013-0208The boot-from-volume feature in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex, when using nova-volumes, allows remote authenticated users to boo
    27Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2012-5482Nov 11, 2012 · The v2 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protec
    23Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2012-5571Dec 17, 2012 · Openstack keystone: openstack keystone: authorization bypass via improper ec2 token handling
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2013-1838Mar 22, 2013 · OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for fixed IPs, which allows remote
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:openstack-packstack0:2012.2.2-1.0.dev408.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:2::el6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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