Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for keystone (GHSA-4ppj-4p4v-jf4p)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439973

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2013-0270)

Solution

Update the keystone library and its related packages to version 8.0.0a0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4ppj-4p4v-jf4p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439973

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/7/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0270

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0270

BID: 57880