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CVE-2013-7130

OpenStack Nova Live migration can leak root disk into ephemeral storage

7.1 HighFix available

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Exploit likelihood

2.44%Down 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.1

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
CVE-2013-7130
CVSS 2.0
7.1 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
CVE-2013-7130
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0035 No score

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
EUVD-2014-0035
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-99rx-9x8v-9j8p 8.7

OpenStack Nova Live migration can leak root disk into ephemeral storage

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
GHSA-99rx-9x8v-9j8p
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-99rx-9x8v-9j8p 8.7

OpenStack Nova Live migration can leak root disk into ephemeral storage

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
GHSA-99rx-9x8v-9j8p
CVSS 4.0
8.7 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
CVE-2013-7130
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-7130 No score

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7130
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2014-111 No score

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
PYSEC-2014-111
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2013-7130 No score

The i_create_images_and_backing (aka create_images_and_backing) method in libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Havana, and Icehouse, when using KVM live block migration, does not properly create all expected files, which allows attackers to obtain snapshot root disk contents of other users via ephemeral storage.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7130
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2247-1 No score

nova vulnerabilities

Darragh O'Reilly discovered that the Ubuntu packaging for OpenStack Nova did not properly set up its sudo configuration. If a different flaw was found in OpenStack Nova, this vulnerability could be used to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-1068)

Bernhard M. Wiedemann and Pedraig Brady discovered that OpenStack Nova did not properly verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 images. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to create a denial of service via disk consumption. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4463, CVE-2013-4469)

JuanFra Rodriguez Cardoso discovered that OpenStack Nova did not enforce SSL connections when Nova was configured to use QPid and qpid_protocol is set to 'ssl'. If a remote attacker were able to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to view sensitive information. Ubuntu does not use QPid with Nova by default. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-6491)

Loganathan Parthipan discovered that OpenStack Nova did not properly create expected files during KVM live block migration. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to obtain root disk snapshot contents via ephemeral storage. This issue did not affect Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-7130)

Stanislaw Pitucha discovered that OpenStack Nova did not enforce the image format when rescuing an instance. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this to read host files. In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the libvirt guest AppArmor profile. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2014-0134)

Mark Heckmann discovered that OpenStack Nova did not enforce RBAC policy when adding security group rules via the EC2 API. A remote authenticated user could exploit this to gain unintended access to this API. This issue only affected Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2014-0167)

Record
USN-2247-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
nova
PyPI
before 12.0.0a0
12.0.0a0
nova
Debian:12
before 2013.2.2
2013.2.2
nova
Debian:13
before 2013.2.2
2013.2.2
nova
Debian:14
before 2013.2.2
2013.2.2
openstack-nova
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-api
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-cells
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-cert
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-common
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-compute
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openstack-nova-conductor
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-console
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-doc
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-network
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-novncproxy
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-objectstore
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-scheduler
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
python-nova
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
0:2013.2.2-2.el6ost
openstack-nova
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-api
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-cells
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-cert
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-common
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-compute
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-conductor
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-console
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-doc
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-network
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-objectstore
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
openstack-nova-scheduler
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
python-nova
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
0:2013.1.5-2.el6ost
nova
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.2, plus listed versions
1:2013.2~rc2-0ubuntu11:2013.2-0ubuntu11:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu11:2014.1~b1-0ubuntu21:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu3
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1:2014.1~b2-0ubuntu41:2014.1~b3-0ubuntu11:2014.1~b3-0ubuntu21:2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu11:2014.1~rc2-0ubuntu11:2014.1-0ubuntu1
1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2013-7130 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Openstack Compute, published February 6, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.44%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in nova 12.0.0a0.

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