CVE-2016-6813
Apache CloudStack 4.1 to 4.8.1.0 and 4.9.0.0 contain an API call designed to allow a user to register for the developer API. If a…
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Description
Apache CloudStack 4.1 to 4.8.1.0 and 4.9.0.0 contain an API call designed to allow a user to register for the developer API. If a malicious user is able to determine the ID of another (non-"root") CloudStack user, the malicious user may be able to reset the API keys for the other user, in turn accessing their account and resources.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache CloudStack
- affected 4.1 to 4.8.1.0
- affected 4.9.0.0
References (3)
- [cloudstack-announce] 20161027 Apache CloudStack Security Releases 4.8.1.1, 4.9.0.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 93945 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [www-announce] 20161028 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-6813: Apache CloudStack registerUserKeys authorization vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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