CVE-2013-4261

Exp

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and earlier, when using Apache Qpid for the RPC backend, does not properly handle errors that occur during messaging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection pool consumption), as demonstrated using multiple requests that send long strings to an instance console and retrieving the console log.

Published: 2013-10-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4261 is rated Exploit Available (56.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.74%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.12% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-4261

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4261

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 0.62% 1.74% +1.12%
2 2025-03-30 1.94% 0.62% -1.32%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.94% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4261

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:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4261

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4261

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-4261 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nova), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4261
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4261
ubuntu low CVE-2013-4261 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): ignored 2, released 2, DNE 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4261

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4261

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack folsom <= - cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack grizzly <= - cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4261

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