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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-4278 · published 16 September 2013

CVE-2013-4278: Openstack compute permissions and access controls vulnerability

Openstack · Compute

The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.

3.5 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 1.5% · top 26.6% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
3.5CVSS 2.0 base score
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-4278), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.