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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-6419 · published 7 January 2014

CVE-2013-6419: Openstack havana information exposure vulnerability

Openstack · Havana

Interaction error in OpenStack Nova and Neutron before Havana 2013.2.1 and icehouse-1 does not validate the instance ID of the tenant making a request, which allows remote tenants to obtain sensitive metadata by spoofing the device ID that is bound to a port, which is not properly handled by (1) api/metadata/handler.py in Nova and (2) the neutron-metadata-agent (agent/metadata/agent.py) in Neutron.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% · top 21.7% CWE-200 · Information exposure
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Interaction error in OpenStack Nova and Neutron before Havana 2013.2.1 and icehouse-1 does not validate the instance ID of the tenant making a request, which allows remote tenants to obtain sensitive metadata by spoofing the device ID that is bound to a port, which is not properly handled by (1) api/metadata/handler.py in Nova and (2) the neutron-metadata-agent (agent/metadata/agent.py) in Neutron.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0091.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/8 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64250
https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1235450
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/61428/2/nova/api/metadata/handler.py
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/61439/1/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0091.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/8 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64250
https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1235450
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/61428/2/nova/api/metadata/handler.py
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/61439/1/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.py

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-6419), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.