Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2012-4406
OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing and loading metadata in memcached, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pickle object.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
EPSS Probability:6.52%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| openstack | swift | all |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 16 |
| redhat | gluster_storage_management_console | 2.0 |
| redhat | gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise | 2.0 |
| redhat | storage | 2.0 |
| redhat | storage_for_public_cloud | 2.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0, 6.0 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
6.518%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Red Hat, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2012-08-21T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2012-10-22T23:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2012-06-28 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-06T20:35:09 |
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