GHSA-v7mh-3jgf-r26c

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    GHSA-v7mh-3jgf-r26c

    Published: 17 May 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: OpenStack Object Storage (swift) Code Injection vulnerability

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4406, https://github.com/openstack/swift/commit/e1ff51c04554d51616d2845f92ab726cb0e5831a, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1379, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0691, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4406, https://bugs.launchpad.net/swift/+bug/1006414, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854757, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79140, https://launchpad.net/swift/+milestone/1.7.0, https://opendev.org/openstack/swift, https://web.archive.org/web/20130629092623/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089472.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1379.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/16, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55420

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: swift

    Purl: pkg:pypi/swift

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.0

    Affected versions

    1.0.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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