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CVE-2013-6426· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

The cloudformation-compatible API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 does not prope

The cloudformation-compatible API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 does not properly enforce policy rules, which allows local in-instance users to bypass intended access restrictions and (1) create a stack via the CreateStack method or (2) update a stack via the UpdateStack method.

MediumCVSS 4.0 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 14, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 62th percentile
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Action score

16

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CVSS
16 / 40 · 4.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
openstackheat

Affected versions

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

  • openstack heatup to 2013.2 inclusive

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12heatbefore 2013.2.1-12013.2.1-1
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6openstack-heatbefore 0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6openstack-heat-apibefore 0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6openstack-heat-api-cfnbefore 0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6openstack-heat-api-cloudwatchbefore 0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6openstack-heat-commonbefore 0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6openstack-heat-enginebefore 0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost

Same product

openstack: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-2621An access-control flaw was found in the OpenStack Orchestration (heat) service before 8.0.0, 6.1.0 and 7.0.2 where a service log directory w
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2024-7319Openstack-heat: incomplete fix for cve-2023-1625
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2023-1625Information leak in api
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2016-9185In OpenStack Heat, by launching a new Heat stack with a local URL an authenticated user may conduct network discovery revealing internal net
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2013-6428The ReST API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users t
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2014-3801OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) 2013.2 through 2013.2.3 and 2014.1, when creating the stack for a template using a provider template, all
    14Monitor

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:heat2013.2.1-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:openstack-heat0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:openstack-heat-api0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:openstack-heat-api-cfn0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:openstack-heat-api-cloudwatch0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:openstack-heat-common0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6Package registry (OSV)
red hat:openstack-heat-engine0:2013.2.1-4.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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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

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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