CVE-2013-6396: openstack swift Cryptographic Issues
CVSS: 5.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-p3xv-97g8-4wmjPYSEC-2014-12UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6396DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6396
Published 18-02-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-6396 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in openstack swift. EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)EPSS score
0.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Timeline
- 18-02-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The OpenStack Python client library for Swift (python-swiftclient) 1.0 through 1.9.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versionsCritical 9.3Preferred score · OSV · Pypi (Ecosystem advisory) · calculated from vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NSourcesSingle source
Critical 9.1Preferred score · OSV · Pypi (Ecosystem advisory) · calculated from vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NSourcesSingle source
Medium 5.8Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:NSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
0.73%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
54%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.73% on 18-09-2026
18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score0.73%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- python-swiftclient< 1:2.0.2-1
Openstack1 product
- swift1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.0:rc1 | 1.1.0:rc2 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.0:gamma1 | 1.2.0:rc1 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.0:gamma1 | 1.3.0:rc1 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.5.0 | 1.6.0 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.4 | 1.7.5 | 1.7.6 | 1.8.0 | 1.8.0:rc1 | 1.8.0:rc2 | 1.9.0 | 1.10.0 | 1.11.0
PyPI1 product
- python-swiftclient≥ 1.0, < 2.0
Ubuntu1 product
- python-swiftclient< 1:2.0.3-0ubuntu1
4 vendors · 4 products
