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.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v7mh-3jgf-r26c OpenStack Object Storage (swift) Code Injection vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1887-1 OpenStack Swift vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.281Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4406

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-10-22T23:55:06.743

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4406

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-05-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-4406 - Bugzilla

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