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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-27q4-38qf-m25h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433037

Description

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

 - The XenAPI backend in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana before 2013.2 does not properly
 apply security groups (1) when resizing an image or (2) during live migration, which allows remote
 attackers to bypass intended restrictions. (CVE-2013-4497)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27q4-38qf-m25h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433037

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4497

BID: 63543