CVE-2014-0006

The TempURL middleware in OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) 1.4.6 through 1.8.0, 1.9.0 through 1.10.0, and 1.11.0 allows remote attackers to obtain secret URLs by leveraging an object name and a timing side-channel attack.

Published: 2014-01-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0006 is rated Moderate Risk (45.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.90%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.47% 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-2014-0006

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 0.42% 1.90% +1.47%
2 2025-12-14 0.26% 0.42% +0.16%
3 2025-03-30 0.26%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0006

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0006

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-0006

GHSA-cf9m-q836-vf26 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Swift Discloses Secret URLs to Timing Attack

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0006

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-0006 low 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-2014-0006
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0006
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0006 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (swift), 7 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): released 4, DNE 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0006

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0006

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack swift 1.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:swift:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0006

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