# CVE-2013-0266: Information disclosure in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)

> Local attackers can read world-readable configuration files to steal OpenStack administrative passwords, enabling unauthorized access to cloud resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 8 Mar 2013
- **Updated:** 30 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j8cr-2gxr-hvvj

## What is CVE-2013-0266?

CVE-2013-0266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse), published on 8 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in the `puppetlabs-cinder` module, as used in PackStack. This vulnerability is due to incorrect file permissions, specifically world-readable permissions, on the `cinder.conf` and `api-paste.ini` configuration files. A local user can exploit this by reading these files, which leads to the disclosure of OpenStack administrative passwords. This information disclosure could allow unauthorized access to sensitive OpenStack resources.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization), CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0266?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Openstack Essex, Openstack Folsom.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-0266?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2013-0266 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0266 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)

- [CVE-2013-0261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0261/): Packstack: packstack: arbitrary file overwrite via symlink attack (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2012-4573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4573/): OpenStack Glance arbitrary deletion of non-protected images (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2012-5482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5482/): OpenStack Glance arbitrary deletion of non-protected images (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2012-3360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3360/): OpenStack Nova Directory traversal vulnerability (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2012-5571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5571/): Openstack keystone: openstack keystone: authorization bypass via improper ec2 token handling (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-0266 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-0266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse), published on 8 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0266 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0266/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0266/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0266
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0266
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-0266

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