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CVE-2012-4406GHSA-V7MH-3JGF-R26CPYSEC-2026-545

OpenStack Object Storage (swift) before 1.7.0 uses the loads function in the pickle Python module unsafely when storing and loading metadata

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.7.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • swiftPyPI

    fixed in 1.7.0

References 11

GitHub · openstack/swift

securityfocus.com

launchpad.net

rhn.redhat.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

bugs.launchpad.net

bugzilla.redhat.com

openwall.com

lists.fedoraproject.org