CVE-2013-6426

Exp

The cloudformation-compatible API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 does not properly enforce policy rules, which allows local in-instance users to bypass intended access restrictions and (1) create a stack via the CreateStack method or (2) update a stack via the UpdateStack method.

Published: 2013-12-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6426 is rated Exploit Available (52.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.03%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2013-6426

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6426

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 0.33% 1.03% +0.70%
2 2025-03-30 0.64% 0.33% -0.31%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.64% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6426

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: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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6426

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6426

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-6426 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (heat), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6426
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6426
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6426 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (heat), 7 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): DNE 5, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6426

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6426

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack heat <= 2013.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6426

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