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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…
Critical9.8EPSS 6.6%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (11)
- https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 55420 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1379 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openstack-swift-loads-code-exec(79140) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120905 CVE-Request: openstack pickle de-serialization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-15098 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0691 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120905 Re: CVE-Request: openstack pickle de-serialization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v7mh-3jgf-r26c (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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