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CVE-2012-4573

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4573 describes a vulnerability in OpenStack Glance's v1 API, affecting Grizzly, Folsom, and Essex versions, where authenticated users could delete arbitrary non-protected images. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low complexity, and requires authentication, leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. Despite its age, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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
3.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0332 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 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 (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: glanceFixed in: 11.0.0a0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack Essex for RHEL 6Fixed in: openstack-glance-0:2012.1.2-2.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-6rrm-xxvh-7r87medium

OpenStack Glance arbitrary deletion of non-protected images

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-4573Low

OpenStack: Glance Authentication bypass for image deletion

Nov 7, 2012

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092192.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html
osvdb.org / 87248
packetstormsecurity.com / files/118733/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2012-1558-01.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1558.html
bugs.launchpad.net / glance/+bug/1065187
secunia.com / advisories/51174
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51234
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79895
github.com / openstack/glance/commit/6ab0992e5472ae3f9bef0d2ced41030655d9d2bc
github.com / openstack/glance/commit/90bcdc5a89e350a358cf320a03f5afe99795f6f6
github.com / openstack/glance/commit/efd7e75b1f419a52c7103c7840e24af8e5deb29d
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/5
securityfocus.com / bid/56437
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1626-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1626-2