Is CVE-2013-4278 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4278 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4278?

CVE-2013-4278 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.5 (LOW).

CVE-2013-4278

LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD

The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.5 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 1.5% (75th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-2280)
Published: September 16, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2280 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

openstack / compute

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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