CVE-2013-4253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The deployment script in the unsupported "OpenShift Extras" set of add-on scripts, in Red Hat Openshift 1, installs a default public key in the root user's authorized_keys file.

Published: 2022-10-19

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Red Hat Openshift

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Red Hat Openshift 1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:1.0:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4155	The deployment script in the unsupported "OpenShift Extras" set of add-on scripts, in Red Hat Openshift 1, installs a default public key in the root user's authorized_keys file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00244.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openshift/openshift-extras/blob/enterprise-2.0/README.md#security-notice
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/19

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00041}`	epss `{'score': 0.00052}`

Fri, 09 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Redhat Openshift

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-09T15:12:23.342Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4253

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.711Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-19T18:15:11.150

Modified: 2025-05-09T16:15:20.827

Link: CVE-2013-4253

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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