CVE-2013-4497

The XenAPI backend in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana before 2013.2 does not properly apply security groups (1) when resizing an image or (2) during live migration, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

Published: 2013-11-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4497 is rated Moderate Risk (53.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.81%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2013-4497

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 0.21% 1.81% +1.60%
2 2026-05-24 0.09% 0.21% +0.12%
3 2025-03-30 0.09%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4497

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4497

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-4497

GHSA-27q4-38qf-m25h · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Compute Nova Improper Access Control

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4497

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-4497 not yet assigned 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-2013-4497
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4497
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4497 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 7 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): DNE 2, ignored 2, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4497

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4497

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack havana <= havana-3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:havana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack havana havana-1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:havana:havana-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack havana havana-2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:havana:havana-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack grizzly cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack folsom cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4497

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