CVE-2013-0266

Puppetlabs-cinder: packstack: openstack: puppetlabs-cinder: information disclosure of openstack administrative passwords due to world-readable configuration files.

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 8, 2013 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsFolsomEssexOpenStack Platform

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

manifests/base.pp in the puppetlabs-cinder module, as used in PackStack, uses world-readable permissions for the (1) cinder.conf and (2) api-paste.ini configuration files, which allows local users to read OpenStack administrative passwords by reading the files.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-276

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