CVE-2013-2059

Exp

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) Folsom 2012.2.4 and earlier, Grizzly before 2013.1.1, and Havana does not immediately revoke the authentication token when deleting a user through the Keystone v2 API, which allows remote authenticated users to retain access via the token.

Published: 2013-05-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2059 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.47%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.56% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-2059

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2059

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 0.91% 2.47% +1.56%
2 2025-03-30 2.46% 0.91% -1.55%
3 2025-03-29 2.46%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2059

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2059

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-2059

GHSA-hj89-qmx9-8qmh · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Identity (Keystone) improper revoking of the authentication token when deleting a user

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2059

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-2059 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (keystone), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2059
ubuntu low CVE-2013-2059 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (keystone), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 3, DNE 2, ignored 1, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2059

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2059

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack keystone 2012.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack keystone 2013.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2013.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2059

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