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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-22 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7339f00ea2dbebc4ec63b5afe25d3f1fddc7ca1cd0d6c09ddaa5a7dfd51bab89
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
- www.securityfocus.com55420http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:1379http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenstack-swift-loads-code-exec(79140)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120905 CVE-Request: openstack pickle de-serializationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-15098http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0691http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120905 Re: CVE-Request: openstack pickle de-serializationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- swift Fixed in 1.4.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- swift Fixed in 1.4.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- swift Fixed in 1.4.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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