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CVE-2012-2654

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2654 describes a vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Essex, and Diablo versions, where the EC2 and OS APIs fail to properly validate the protocol when security groups are created with a non-lowercase network protocol. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized network access. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2012.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2011.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:diablo:2011.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2012.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0263 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: novaFixed in: 12.0.0a0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-46r8-9cj7-pw6gmedium

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Improper Input Validation

May 17, 2022

References

bugs.launchpad.net / nova/+bug/985184
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/46808
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49439
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/76110
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/9f9e9da777161426a6f8cb4314b78e09beac2978
ExploitPatch
github.com / openstack/nova/commit/ff06c7c885dc94ed7c828e8cdbb8b5d850a7e654
ExploitPatch
lists.launchpad.net / openstack/msg12883.html
review.openstack.org
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1466-1