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high 7.5

CVE-2013-2161 json

OpenStack Swift Unchecked user input in XML responses

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-9xgv-6v35-mmcj , PYSEC-2026-930 , EUVD-2022-3465

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XML injection vulnerability in account/utils.py in OpenStack Swift Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana allows attackers to trigger invalid or spoofed Swift responses via an account name.

Patch / fix

  • pypi swift 1.9.0
  • swift Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.0-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2161

  • openstack-swift openstack 3 1.8.0-6.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-proxy openstack 3 1.8.0-6.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-object openstack 3 1.8.0-6.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-account openstack 3 1.8.0-6.el6ost
  • openstack-swift-container openstack 3 1.8.0-6.el6ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0993

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2161 updated cvss 5.8

Swift: Unchecked user input in Swift XML responses

  • Red Hat Storage 2 gluster-swift
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 openstack-swift 1.8.0-6.el6ost, openstack-swift-proxy 1.8.0-6.el6ost, openstack-swift-object 1.8.0-6.el6ost, openstack-swift-account 1.8.0-6.el6ost, openstack-swift-container 1.8.0-6.el6ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0993

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Exploit prediction

1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi swift
<1.9.0
1.9.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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