{"cve":"CVE-2013-4278","nvd":{"published":"2013-09-16T19:14:39.287","modified":"2026-06-16T23:56:56.390","status":"Modified","description":"The \"create an instance\" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id.  NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html","https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179","http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html"],"products":["openstack:compute"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:29:16.037019470+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-4278","score":0.01509,"percentile":0.74435,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-43cm-73px-5v4m","summary":"OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors","modified":"2026-07-07T11:56:42.520354530Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"nova","purl":"pkg:pypi/nova","ranges":["<12.0.0a0"],"fixed":["12.0.0a0"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-862","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-862","summary":"OpenStack Compute (Nova) Resource limit circumvention in Nova private flavors","modified":"2026-07-07T11:45:19.100930032Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"nova","purl":"pkg:pypi/nova","ranges":["<12.0.0a0"],"fixed":["12.0.0a0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}