CVE-2013-0270
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large HTTP request, specifically by providing a long tenant name when requesting a token. This could lead to a denial of service, consuming excessive CPU and memory resources on the affected system.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-1284
- EPSS score
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-2419)
- Published
- April 12, 2013
- NVD last modified
- July 30, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2419 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on July 30, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openstack / keystone
- openstack / keystone
- openstack / keystone
- openstack / keystone
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0708.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0708
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0270
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1099025(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909012(Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/7691276b869a86c2b75631d5bede9f61e030d9d8(Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/82c87e5638ebaf9f166a9b07a0155291276d6fdc(Third Party Advisory)
- https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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