CVE-2012-5482
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—
The v2 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protected images via an image deletion request. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4573.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.74%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 86
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-264
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092192.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/87248
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51174
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/08/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56437
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1076506
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80019
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/b591304b8980d8aca8fa6cda9ea1621aca000c88
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/fc0ee7623ec59c87ac6fc671e95a9798d6f2e2c3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092192.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/87248
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51174
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/08/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56437
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/glance/+bug/1076506
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80019
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/b591304b8980d8aca8fa6cda9ea1621aca000c88
- https://github.com/openstack/glance/commit/fc0ee7623ec59c87ac6fc671e95a9798d6f2e2c3
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