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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-6813

Apache CloudStack 4.1 to 4.8.1.0 and 4.9.0.0 contain an API call designed to allow a user to register for the developer API. If a malicious user is able to determine the ID of another (non-"root") CloudStack user, the malicious user may be able to reset the API keys for the other user, in turn accessing their account and resources.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-6813

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Feb 2018, 14:29 UTC

Apache CloudStack 4.1 to 4.8.1.0 and 4.9.0.0 contain an API call designed to allow a user to register for the developer API. If a malicious user is able to determine the ID of another (non-"root") CloudStack user, the malicious user may be able to reset the API keys for the other user, in turn accessing their account and resources.

osv:CVE-2016-6813
Complete source record
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  "id": "887a46d4187aaa8319603dbefc82d5eb918b8e23af412a65590fd6749e4041dc",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6813",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6813",
    "summary": "Apache CloudStack 4.1 to 4.8.1.0 and 4.9.0.0 contain an API call designed to allow a user to register for the developer API. If a malicious user is able to determine the ID of another (non-\"root\") CloudStack user, the malicious user may be able to reset the API keys for the other user, in turn accessing their account and resources.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6813",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-6813",
      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                  "introduced": "227ff3884dd0b9c2804f20a2cc53964b01256ad9"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "227ff3884dd0b9c2804f20a2cc53964b01256ad9"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack:4.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.9.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.9.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.9.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6813.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:07.040524846Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://s.apache.org/qV5l"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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            "vendor_product": "apache:cloudstack",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
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                    "introduced": "4.1.0"
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6813",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441113,
  "published_at": "2018-02-06T14:29:00.3+00:00"
}