Description
A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.
Published: 2013-03-22
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3539 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c8w9-83vg-r8vv OpenStack Glance is vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1764-1 OpenStack Glance vulnerability
History

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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. A flaw was found in OpenStack Glance. Remote authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability by requesting a cached image when the single-tenant Swift or S3 store is in use. This action causes the system to report the location field, which can lead to the disclosure of the operator's backend credentials.
Title Glance: Backend credentials leak in Glance v1 API Openstack glance: swift: s3: openstack glance: information disclosure of backend credentials via cached image request
Weaknesses CWE-201
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:16.2
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:17.1
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:18.0
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T18:03:59.725Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1840

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Status : Modified

Published: 2013-03-22T21:55:01.487

Modified: 2026-10-30T19:17:27.123

Link: CVE-2013-1840

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-03-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1840 - Bugzilla

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