Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-0270

Title: Openstack Keystone Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-0270.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Apr 12, 2013

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-0270: A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large HTTP request, specifically by providing a long tenant name when requesting a token. This could lead to a denial of service, consuming excessive CPU and memory resources on the affected system.

Impacted Vendors

openstack 1

keystonejs 1

keystone-engine 1

Reference Links

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012 https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8 https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012 https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8 https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-0270 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 07, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 12, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.