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PYSEC-2026-862

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-06 08:03

Details

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.

Impacted products

Name	purl
nova	pkg:pypi/nova

Aliases

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-4278",
    "GHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-862",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T08:03:27.046130Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:27.046130Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4278"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/4054cc4a22a1fea997dec76afb5646fd6c6ea6b9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6825959560e06725d26625fd21f5c0b78b305492"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8b686195afe7e6dfb46c56c1ef2fe9c993d8e495"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors"
}

CVE-2013-4278 (GCVE-0-2013-4278)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-16 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-an…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

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{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T16:38:01.982Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179"
          },
          {
            "name": "[openstack-announce] 20130828 [OSSA 2013-024] Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors (CVE-2013-4278)",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2013:1199",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2013-09-16T19:00:00.000Z",
        "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
        "shortName": "redhat"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179"
        },
        {
          "name": "[openstack-announce] 20130828 [OSSA 2013-024] Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors (CVE-2013-4278)",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2013:1199",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2013-4278",
    "datePublished": "2013-09-16T19:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T16:38:01.982Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

GHSA-43CM-73PX-5V4M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:04 – Updated: 2024-05-14 21:27

Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors

Details

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-4278"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-14T21:27:13Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-09-16T19:14:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m",
  "modified": "2024-05-14T21:27:13Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T05:04:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4278"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/4054cc4a22a1fea997dec76afb5646fd6c6ea6b9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6825959560e06725d26625fd21f5c0b78b305492"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8b686195afe7e6dfb46c56c1ef2fe9c993d8e495"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2026-862

CVE-2013-4278 (GCVE-0-2013-4278)

GHSA-43CM-73PX-5V4M

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