🛡️ CVE-2013-2255 — cinder
Description
OpenStack Keystone and other components vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation
HTTPSConnections in OpenStack Keystone 2013, OpenStack Compute 2013.1, and possibly other OpenStack components, fail to validate server-side SSL certificates.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.
Weakness class
CVE-2013-2255 is classified as CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation. A TLS certificate is accepted without proper verification, so a man-in-the-middle can present their own.
Affected software
CVE-2013-2255 is recorded against 4 packages.
- cinder (fixed in 7.0.0a0)
- keystone (fixed in 8.0.0a0)
- neutron (fixed in 7.0.0a0)
- python-keystoneclient (fixed in 0.4.0)
Timeline and source
Published on 5 May 2022 and last revised on 13 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
bugzilla.suse.com (Web)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
security-tracker.debian.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cinder | — | 7.0.0a0 |
| keystone | — | 8.0.0a0 |
| neutron | — | 7.0.0a0 |
| python-keystoneclient | — | 0.4.0 |
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