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CVE-2013-0266

Puppetlabs-cinder: packstack: openstack: puppetlabs-cinder: information disclosure of openstack administrative passwords due to world-readable configuration files.

5.5 Medium

CVE-2013-0266 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Openstack Essex, published March 8, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.5 MediumCVSS 3.1, CVE List
Exploit chance
0.27%EPSS, 19th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

A flaw was found in the puppetlabs-cinder module, as used in PackStack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect file permissions, specifically world-readable permissions, on the cinder.conf and api-paste.ini configuration files. A local user can exploit this by reading these files, which leads to the disclosure of OpenStack administrative passwords. This information disclosure could allow unauthorized access to sensitive OpenStack resources.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.27%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openstack-packstack
Red Hat:openstack:2::el6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:2012.2.2-1.0.dev408.el6ost
0:2012.2.2-1.0.dev408.el6ost

What each source reports

CVE List Score used5.5

Puppetlabs-cinder: packstack: openstack: puppetlabs-cinder: information disclosure of openstack administrative passwords due to world-readable configuration files.

A flaw was found in the puppetlabs-cinder module, as used in PackStack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect file permissions, specifically world-readable permissions, on the cinder.conf and api-paste.ini configuration files. A local user can exploit this by reading these files, which leads to the disclosure of OpenStack administrative passwords. This information disclosure could allow unauthorized access to sensitive OpenStack resources.

Record
CVE-2013-0266
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-276
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-02945.5

A flaw was found in the puppetlabs-cinder module, as used in PackStack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect file permissions, specifically world-readable permissions, on the cinder.conf and api-paste.ini configuration files. A local user can exploit this by reading these files, which leads to the disclosure of OpenStack administrative passwords. This information disclosure could allow unauthorized access to sensitive OpenStack resources.

Record
EUVD-2013-0294
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8cr-2gxr-hvvj5.5

manifests/base.pp in the puppetlabs-cinder module, as used in PackStack, uses world-readable...

manifests/base.pp in the puppetlabs-cinder module, as used in PackStack, uses world-readable permissions for the (1) cinder.conf and (2) api-paste.ini configuration files, which allows local users to read OpenStack administrative passwords by reading the files.

Record
GHSA-j8cr-2gxr-hvvj
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-276, CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD5.5

A flaw was found in the puppetlabs-cinder module, as used in PackStack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect file permissions, specifically world-readable permissions, on the cinder.conf and api-paste.ini configuration files. A local user can exploit this by reading these files, which leads to the disclosure of OpenStack administrative passwords. This information disclosure could allow unauthorized access to sensitive OpenStack resources.

Record
CVE-2013-0266
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-276, CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2013:05958.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: openstack-packstack security and bug fix update

Record
RHSA-2013:0595
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-13

History

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

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