CVE-2013-0270

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.16% (88th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large HTTP request, specifically by providing a long tenant name when requesting a token. This could lead to a denial of service, consuming excessive CPU and memory resources on the affected system.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USCWE-119USCWE-1284USCWE-1284US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Red Hat OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6< 0:2012.2.3-7.el6ostenisa_euvdEU
openstack keystone2012.1 → 2012.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack keystone2012.2 → 2012.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack keystone= 2013.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI keystone< 8.0.0a0osvUSpkg:pypi/keystone

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-4ppj-4p4v-jf4pOpenStack Keystone Denial of Service vulnerability via a large HTTP request2022-05-05ghsa · osvUS
OpenStack Keystone Grizzly before 2013.1, Folsom, and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large HTTP request, as demonstrated by a long tenant_name when requesting a token.
PYSEC-2026-650OpenStack Keystone Denial of Service vulnerability via a large HTTP request2026-07-02vendor · osvUS
OpenStack Keystone Grizzly before 2013.1, Folsom, and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a large HTTP request, as demonstrated by a long tenant_name when requesting a token.

also known as (6)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2013-04-12modified 2026-07-30

references (18)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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