CVE-2013-1840
Openstack glance: swift: s3: openstack glance: information disclosure of backend credentials via cached image request
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 23% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
Red Hat · OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:2012.2.3-8.el6ost – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0
All versions: unaffected
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIglanceGHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References
13
- http://osvdb.org/91304 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0707.html (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52565 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/15 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1764-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0707 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1135541 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24437/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24438/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24439/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-3539 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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