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01 Record

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—
openstackswiftNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—
redhatopenstackNot specified—
redhatstorageNot specified—
redhatstorage_for_public_cloudNot specified—

06 References

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.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.