OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not verify the virtual size of…
Priority LOW 11CWE-399Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not verify the virtual size of a QCOW2 image, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (host file system disk consumption) by creating an image with a large virtual size that does not contain a large amount of data.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00386 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial nova (PyPI): 12.0.0a0Red Hat: 1 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | nova (PyPI) | before 12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 | Patch available | GHSA-m674-hmx2-ffhq |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 12.0.0a0 Fixed in 12.0.0a0 Patch available GHSA-m674-hmx2-ffhq
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-m674-hmx2-ffhq nova (PyPI) Fixed in 12.0.0a0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-2096
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m674-hmx2-ffhq
References
Advisory 3
Other 10
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28717/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28901/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/29192/
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/0caeb8eaf20abcdc77828f5c6b79fc104619e231
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/44a8aba1d5da87d54db48079103fdef946666d80
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28717
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28901
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/29192
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130726040108/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59924
More OpenStack Folsom vulnerabilities
- TI-2013-00195 Packstack: packstack: arbitrary file overwrite via symlink attack CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2013-01930 XML injection vulnerability in account/utils.py in OpenStack Swift Folsom, Grizzly, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-00265 Openstack nova: vnc proxy can connect to the wrong vm CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
- TI-2013-01648 OpenStack Keystone Folsom (2012.2) does not properly perform revocation checks for… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2013-00142 The boot-from-volume feature in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex, when using… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2013-03945 The XenAPI backend in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana before 2013.2… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2013-2096 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-2096 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m674-hmx2-ffhq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-2096 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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