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CVE-2013-1840 json

Openstack glance: swift: s3: openstack glance: information disclosure of backend credentials via cached image request

published 13y ago modified 10d ago also EUVD-2022-3539 , GHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv , PYSEC-2013-46

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.

Patch / fix

  • pypi glance 11.0.0a0
  • Red Hat OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6 0:2012.2.3-8.el6ost
  • glance Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2012.1.1-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1840

  • openstack-glance openstack 2 2012.2.3-8.el6ost
  • python-glance openstack 2 2012.2.3-8.el6ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0707

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1840 updated cvss 6.5

OpenStack Glance: Swift: S3: OpenStack Glance: Information disclosure of backend credentials via cached image request

  • Red Hat OpenStack Folsom python-glance 2012.2.3-8.el6ost, openstack-glance 2012.2.3-8.el6ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0707
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-glance, openstack-glance Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python3-glance, openstack-glance Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 openstack-glance
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi glance
<11.0.0a0
<=v1
11.0.0a0

Affected products

  • Red Hat OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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