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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 a...

Published: Oct 22, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-502
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
6.5%
Top 6.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

OpenStack Object Storage (swift) Code Injection vulnerability

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-502

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
gluster storage management consoleOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gluster storage server for on-premiseOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
storageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
storage for public cloudOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PyPI
package-ecosystem
swift
OSS Libraries
openstack
oss-project·USaka openstack foundation
swift
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4406
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
github.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1379
access.redhat.com
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