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CVE-2012-4406

Openstack-Swift: insecure use of python pickle()

Published Modified CWE 502
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (low).

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 and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
pip::GitHub Security Advisory pipswift1.7.0
debian 11swift1.4.8-2
debian 12swift1.4.8-2
debian 13swift1.4.8-2
debian 14swift1.4.8-2
echoswift1.4.8-2
ubuntu 12.04swift1.4.8-0ubuntu2.2

References

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