CVE-2013-6419
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-22w9-j288-8p9wOpenStack Nova Router metadata queries are not restricted by tenant2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2026-858OpenStack Nova Router metadata queries are not restricted by tenant2026-07-06vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (19)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/8cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64250cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1235450cnnvd
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/61428/2/nova/api/metadata/handler.pycnnvd
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/61439/1/neutron/agent/metadata/agent.pycnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0091.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/8enisa_euvd
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