CVE-2012-5571

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

2.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 79.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2012-12-18 01:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-07 06:55Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2012-10-24

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled KeyBase
• CWE-255

Data version

5.2

Document digest

c59ae68188c5b6b073255fdcb565e92cae7e4f8782458d293895b06d4b4d09bd

• lists.fedoraproject.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html
• rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html
• rhn.redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1557.html
• secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51423
• secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/51436
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/5
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/6
• www.securityfocus.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56726
• www.ubuntu.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1641-1
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5571vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1064914
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80333
• github.comhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/37308dd4f3e33f7bd0f71d83fd51734d1870713b
• github.comhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/8735009dc5b895db265a1cd573f39f4acfca2a19
• github.comhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/9d68b40cb9ea818c48152e6c712ff41586ad9653