The Nova EC2 API security group implementation in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 does not
The Nova EC2 API security group implementation in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 does not enforce RBAC policies for (1) add_rules, (2) remove_rules, (3) destroy, and other unspecified methods in compute/api.py when using non-default policies, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via these API requests.
- Published
- Apr 15, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.6% · 76th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openstack | compute | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute |
| openstack | icehouse | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:icehouse |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openstack compute2013.1
- openstack compute2013.1.1
- openstack compute2013.1.2
- openstack compute2013.1.3
- openstack compute2013.2
- openstack compute2013.2.1
- openstack compute2013.2.2
- openstack compute2013.2.3
- openstack icehouseall versions
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | nova | before 2013.2.3-1 | 2013.2.3-1 |
| PyPI | nova | from 2013.1.0 · before 2013.2.4 | 2013.2.4 |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-api | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-cells | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-cert | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-common | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-compute | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-conductor | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-console | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-doc | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-network | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-novncproxy | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-objectstore | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | openstack-nova-scheduler | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
| Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | python-nova | before 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost |
Same product
openstack: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2013-7130The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Ic29Monitor
- CVE-2013-2255HTTPSConnections in OpenStack Keystone 2013, OpenStack Compute 2013.1, and possibly other OpenStack components, fail to validate server-side23Monitor
- CVE-2015-2687OpenStack Compute (nova) Icehouse, Juno and Havana when live migration fails allows local users to access VM volumes that they would normall18Monitor
- CVE-2012-2654The (1) EC2 and (2) OS APIs in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) do not properly check the proto18Monitor
- CVE-2013-4185Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-3 does not properly handle network17Monitor
- CVE-2012-3371The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostFilter is enabled, al15Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:nova | 2013.2.3-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:nova | 2013.2.4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-api | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-cells | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-cert | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-common | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-compute | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-conductor | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-console | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-doc | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-network | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-novncproxy | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:openstack-nova-objectstore | 0:2013.2.3-12.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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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.
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Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/26
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1
- launchpad.net/bugs/1290537
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