{
    "id": "CVE-2012-4406",
    "published": "2012-10-22 23:55:06",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:44:57",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-502",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.06571",
    "epss_percentile": "0.93641",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-06 18:17:09",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "openstack",
            "product": "swift"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_server"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "gluster_storage_management_console"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "storage"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "storage_for_public_cloud"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a",
        "https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0"
    ]
}