CVE-2013-4278
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- Record
CVE-2013-4278- CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- Record
CVE-2013-4278- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-2280 No score
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- Record
EUVD-2022-2280- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m No score
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- Record
GHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- Record
CVE-2013-4278- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4278 No score
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4278- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m No score
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- Record
GHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-862 No score
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-862- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-4278 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.5) in Openstack Compute, published September 16, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.51%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in nova 12.0.0a0.
References
bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179
lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4278
github.com/openstack/nova/commit/4054cc4a22a1fea997dec76afb5646fd6c6ea6b9