CVE-2013-4155

OpenStack Swift before 1.9.1 in Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana allows authenticated users to cause a denial of service ("superfluous" tombstone consumption and Swift cluster slowdown) via a DELETE request with a timestamp that is older than expected.

Published: 2013-08-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4155 is rated Moderate Risk (42.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4155

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 1.01% 1.66% +0.65%
2 2025-12-14 0.88% 1.01% +0.13%
3 2025-03-30 0.88%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4155

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4155

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-4155

GHSA-wxx2-gqvv-34hx · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Swift allows authenticated users to cause a denial of service

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4155

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-4155 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (swift), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4155
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4155
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4155 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (swift), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 4, DNE 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4155

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4155

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack folsom cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack grizzly cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack havana cpe:2.3:a:openstack:havana:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift <= 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.2.0:gamma1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.3.0:gamma1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4155

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