{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6426","details":"The cloudformation-compatible API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 does not properly enforce policy rules, which allows local in-instance users to bypass intended access restrictions and (1) create a stack via the CreateStack method or (2) update a stack via the UpdateStack method.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:10:49.472676Z","published":"2013-12-11T15:00:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:56Z","upstream":["CVE-2013-6426"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6426"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/10"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000170.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6426"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"heat","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/heat@2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1"}]}],"versions":["2013.2~rc2-0ubuntu1","2013.2-0ubuntu1","2014.1~b1-0ubuntu2","2014.1~b2-0ubuntu1","2014.1~b3-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"heat-api","binary_version":"2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"heat-api-cfn","binary_version":"2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"heat-api-cloudwatch","binary_version":"2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"heat-common","binary_version":"2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"heat-engine","binary_version":"2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_version":"2014.1~rc1-0ubuntu1","binary_name":"python-heat"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6426.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}