CVE-2013-1840

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.

Published: 2013-03-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1840 is rated Low Risk (38.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.36%). EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1840

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.34% 1.36% +1.01%
2 2025-03-30 1.02% 0.34% -0.68%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.02% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1840

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1840

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-1840

GHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv · Severity: low · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Glance is vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1840

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1840 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (glance), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1840
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1840
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1840 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (glance), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 2, released 2, not-affected 1, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1840

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1840

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack glance v1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:glance:v1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1840

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