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CVE-2013-6426

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The cloudformation-compatible API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 does not properly enforce policy rules, which allows local in-instance users to bypass intended access restrictions and (1) create a stack via the CreateStack method or (2) update a stack via the UpdateStack method.

Affected products

• OpenStack Heat: through 2013.2

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0090.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64243
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1256049
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89658
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0090.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64243
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1256049
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89658

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