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TI-2013-05390 Aliases CVE-2013-6437GHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before…

Priority LOW 23CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
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 fixed, 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

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02037 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial nova (PyPI): 12.0.0a0Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—nova (PyPI)before 12.0.0a012.0.0a0Patch availableGHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8
  • — 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-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2013.1 to before 2013.1.5; 2013.2 to before 2013.2.2VulnerableOpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2014.1:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*2014.1 milestone1VulnerableOpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2013.1 to before 2013.1.5; 2013.2 to before 2013.2.2 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:2014.1:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.1 milestone1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8 nova (PyPI) Fixed in 12.0.0a0 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2014:0231 Released 2014-03-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-nova security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 openstack-nova-2013.2.2-2.el6ost, openstack-nova-api-2013.2.2-2.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells-2013.2.2-2.el6ost +11

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0Fixed RHSA-2014:0231

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-6437
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hrv9-4x4c-9jc8

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 4

  • TI-2026-34154 In OpenStack Nova before 33.0.2, the server create API does not strip certain hint data. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2022-23762 An issue was discovered in OpenStack Cinder before 19.1.2, 20.x before 20.0.2, and… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.7
  • TI-2021-02596 Open redirect in openstack-nova CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2017-04900 An issue was discovered in exception_wrapper.py in OpenStack Nova 13.x through 13.1.3… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-12516 An issue was discovered in the default FilterScheduler in OpenStack Nova 16.0.3. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2020-13145 An issue was discovered in Guest.migrate in virt/libvirt/guest.py in OpenStack Nova… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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