CVE-2013-1840

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 store, reports the location field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the operator's backend credentials via a request for a cached image.

Affected products

OpenStack Glance: v1

References

http://osvdb.org/91304
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0707.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/52565
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58490
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1764-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1135541
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82878
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24437/
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24438/
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24439/
http://osvdb.org/91304

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