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CVE-2012-5482

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5482 describes a vulnerability in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom, and Essex, where authenticated users could delete arbitrary non-protected images through the v2 API. This issue, a partial fix for CVE-2012-4573, has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a medium severity. It can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity by an authenticated user, leading to partial integrity and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2012.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2012.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0272 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: glanceFixed in: 11.0.0a0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-vwr9-9f8v-vp5mmedium

OpenStack Glance arbitrary deletion of non-protected images

May 17, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092192.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html
osvdb.org / 87248
bugs.launchpad.net / glance/+bug/1076506
secunia.com / advisories/51174
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80019
github.com / openstack/glance/commit/b591304b8980d8aca8fa6cda9ea1621aca000c88
github.com / openstack/glance/commit/fc0ee7623ec59c87ac6fc671e95a9798d6f2e2c3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/08/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/5
securityfocus.com / bid/56437