CVE-2012-4406
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 6.6% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.57% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-502 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2012-10-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (7)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| openstack | swift |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | gluster storage management console |
| redhat | gluster storage server for on-premise |
| redhat | storage |
| redhat | storage for public cloud |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
- https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
- https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
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