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CVE-2013-1840

Openstack glance: swift: s3: openstack glance: information disclosure of backend credentials via cached image request

6.5 MediumFix available

A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.72%Down 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Openstack glance: swift: s3: openstack glance: information disclosure of backend credentials via cached image request

A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.

Record
CVE-2013-1840
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-201
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3539 6.5

A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.

Record
EUVD-2022-3539
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv No score

OpenStack Glance is vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information

The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 store, reports the location field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the operator's backend credentials via a request for a cached image.

Record
GHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.5

A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.

Record
CVE-2013-1840
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-201, CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-1840 6.5

A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1840
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 store, reports the location field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the operator's backend credentials via a request for a cached image.

Record
CVE-2013-1840
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv No score

OpenStack Glance is vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information

The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 store, reports the location field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the operator's backend credentials via a request for a cached image.

Record
GHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2013-46 No score

The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 store, reports the location field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the operator's backend credentials via a request for a cached image.

Record
PYSEC-2013-46
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glance
PyPI
 before 11.0.0a0
11.0.0a0
glance
Debian:12
 before 2012.1.1-5
2012.1.1-5
glance
Debian:13
 before 2012.1.1-5
2012.1.1-5
glance
Debian:14
 before 2012.1.1-5
2012.1.1-5
glance
PyPI
 through v1 None known
openstack-glance
Red Hat:openstack:2::el6
 before 0:2012.2.3-8.el6ost
0:2012.2.3-8.el6ost
openstack-glance-doc
Red Hat:openstack:2::el6
 before 0:2012.2.3-8.el6ost
0:2012.2.3-8.el6ost
python-glance
Red Hat:openstack:2::el6
 before 0:2012.2.3-8.el6ost
0:2012.2.3-8.el6ost

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2013-1840 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Openstack Glance, published March 22, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.72%, the 77th percentile. Fixed in glance 11.0.0a0.

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