CVE-2013-6426 describes an improper policy enforcement vulnerability in the cloudformation-compatible API of OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) versions before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2. This flaw allows authenticated local in-instance users to bypass access restrictions, enabling them to create or update stacks. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N), this vulnerability is rated as medium severity, indicating a network-accessible attack with low complexity that could lead to partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2013.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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