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CVE-2015-5242

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5242 describes a critical vulnerability in OpenStack Swift-on-File (Swiftonfile) where improper restriction of the Python pickle module allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code. This medium-complexity vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 6.0, could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, specifically impacting Red Hat Gluster Storage. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0223 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: swiftonfile-0:1.13.1-6.el6rhs
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: swiftonfile-0:1.13.1-6.el7rhgs
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5242Important

swiftonfile: use of insecure Python pickle for metadata serialization and storage

Oct 20, 2015

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1918.html
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / solutions/1985893
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
review.openstack.org