What is CVE-2014-5040?

CVE-2014-5040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eucalyptus, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2014-5040?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eucalyptus

CVE-2014-5040

HP Helion Eucalyptus 4.1.x before 4.1.2 and HPE Helion Eucalyptus 4.2.x before 4.2.1 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify arbitrary (1) access key credentials by leveraging knowledge of a key ID or (2) signing certificates by leveraging knowledge of a certificate ID.

Published 2016-01-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eucalyptus — versions 4.1.1, 4.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Vendor Advisory)
www.eucalyptus.com/resources/security/advisories/esa-32 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5040?: CVE-2014-5040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eucalyptus, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2014-5040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.