Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 7, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2013-6419
CVE-2013-6419
Description
Interaction error in OpenStack Nova and Neutron before Havana 2013.2.1 and icehouse-1 does not validate the instance ID of the tenant making a request, which allows remote tenants to obtain sensitive metadata by spoofing the device ID that is bound to a port, which is not properly handled by (1) api/metadata/handler.py in Nova and (2) the neutron-metadata-agent (agent/metadata/agent.py) in Neutron.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
novaPyPI | < 12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
Affected products
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References
12- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/8nvdPatchWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-22w9-j288-8p9wghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6419ghsaADVISORY
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0091.htmlnvdWEB
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0231.htmlnvdWEB
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/64250nvdWEB
- bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1235450nvdWEB
- github.com/openstack/nova/commit/07006be9165d1008ca0382b6f0ad25b13a676a55ghsaWEB
- github.com/openstack/nova/commit/af2f823107010933ecd94a9c938f8b739baaecb7ghsaWEB
- github.com/openstack/nova/commit/bce36e9bdb1fcb9658f7b684d160e656e88d816cghsaWEB
- review.openstack.orgnvdWEB
- review.openstack.orgnvdWEB
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