Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-1840

Title: Openstack Glance Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-1840.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Mar 22, 2013

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 3.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.36%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-1840: The v1 API in OpenStack Glance Essex (2012.1), Folsom (2012.2), and Grizzly, when using the single-tenant Swift or S3 store, reports the location field, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the operator's backend credentials via a request for a cached image.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://osvdb.org/91304 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0707.html http://secunia.com/advisories/52565 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/15 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58490 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1764-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1135541 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82878 https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24437/ https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24438/ https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24439/ http://osvdb.org/91304 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0707.html http://secunia.com/advisories/52565 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/15 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58490 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1764-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1135541 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82878 https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24437/ https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24438/ https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24439/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-1840 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 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 22, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.