CVE-2012-5482
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0040)
- Published
- November 11, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0040 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openstack / essex
- openstack / folsom
- openstack / image registry and delivery service (glance)
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(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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