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TI-2013-05789 Aliases CVE-2013-7048GHSA-grp5-h379-j75x

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.4, Havana 2013.2.1, and earlier uses…

Priority LOW 17CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.4, Havana 2013.2.1, and earlier uses world-writable and world-readable permissions for the temporary directory used to store live snapshots, which allows local users to read and modify live snapshots.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00479 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed nova (PyPI): 12.0.0a0Red Hat: 2 advisories

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-grp5-h379-j75x
  • — 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-grp5-h379-j75x

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2013.1 – 2013.1.4; 2013.2 – 2013.2.1VulnerableOpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2013.1 – 2013.1.4; 2013.2 – 2013.2.1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-grp5-h379-j75x nova (PyPI) Fixed in 12.0.0a0 Advisory →

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2014:0366 Released 2014-04-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openstack-nova security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 openstack-nova-2013.1.5-2.el6ost, openstack-nova-api-2013.1.5-2.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells-2013.1.5-2.el6ost +10
  • 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 Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0Fixed RHSA-2014:0366
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0Fixed RHSA-2014:0231

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-7048
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-grp5-h379-j75x

References

Exploit 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
See all 38 →

Sources

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