CVE-2012-4406
OpenStack Object Storage (swift) Code Injection vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2012-4406
To remediate CVE-2012-4406, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/swift—upgrade to 1.4.8-2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.0 or later
Is CVE-2012-4406 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.4.8-2
- from 0, < 1.7.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |