CVE-2012-4406
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 4.7%OpenStack Object Storage (swift) Code Injection vulnerability
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/swiftfrom 0, < 1.4.8-2
- PyPI/swiftfrom 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 |
References (18)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4406
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4406
- PATCHhttps://opendev.org/openstack/swift
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1379
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0691
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4406
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757
- WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a
- WEBhttps://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20130629092623/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420