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CVE-2013-4202· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

The (1) backup (api/contrib/backups.py) and (2) volume transfer (contrib/volume_transfer.py) APIs in OpenStack Cinder Grizzly 2013.1.3 and e

The (1) backup (api/contrib/backups.py) and (2) volume transfer (contrib/volume_transfer.py) APIs in OpenStack Cinder Grizzly 2013.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 16, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.6% · 85th percentile
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Action score

18

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
openstackcinder
canonicalubuntu linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • canonical ubuntu linux13.04
  • openstack cinder2013.1 and later · up to 2013.1.3 inclusive

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12cinderbefore 2013.1.2-42013.1.2-4
PyPIcinderbefore 7.0.0a07.0.0a0
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6openstack-cinderbefore 0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6openstack-cinder-docbefore 0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6python-cinderbefore 0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost

Same product

openstack: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2015-5162The image parser in OpenStack Cinder 7.0.2 and 8.0.0 through 8.1.1; Glance before 11.0.1 and 12.0.0; and Nova before 12.0.4 and 13.0.0 does
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2017-15139A vulnerability was found in openstack-cinder releases up to and including Queens, allowing newly created volumes in certain storage volume
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2024-32498An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder through 24.0.0, Glance before 28.0.2, and Nova before 29.0.3.
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2022-47951An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and 21.0.0; Glance before 23.0.1, 24.x before 24.1.1, and 25.
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2014-3641The (1) GlusterFS and (2) Linux Smbfs drivers in OpenStack Cinder before 2014.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to obtain file data from
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2014-7231The strutils.mask_password function in the OpenStack Oslo utility library, Cinder, Nova, and Trove before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.
    8Monitor

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
debian:cinder2013.1.2-4 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:cinder7.0.0a0Package registry (OSV)
red hat:openstack-cinder0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:openstack-cinder-doc0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:3::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:python-cinder0:2013.1.3-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:3::el6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

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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No commit or PR link among the references.

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

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-399 · Resource Management Errors

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    References

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