4.3

CVE-2012-3542: openstack essex

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-gf2q-j2qq-pjf2PYSEC-2012-19DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3542
Published 05-09-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3542 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in openstack essex. EPSS estimates a 2.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
RHSA-2012:1378CGA-595F-X95X-84H3

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenStack Keystone, as used in OpenStack Folsom before folsom-rc1 and OpenStack Essex (2012.1), allows remote attackers to add an arbitrary user to an arbitrary tenant via a request to update the user's default tenant to the administrative API. NOTE: this identifier was originally incorrectly assigned to an open redirect issue, but the correct identifier for that issue is CVE-2012-3540.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.50% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard9 products
  • openstack-keystone-2025.1All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openstack-keystone-2025.1-fipsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openstack-keystone-2025.2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openstack-keystone-2025.2-fips< 28.0.1_git20260603-r0 | < 28.0.1_git20260610-r0 | < 28.0.1_git20260610-r1 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • openstack-keystone-2026.1All versions (No fix recorded)
Openstack2 products
Debian1 product
  • keystone< 2012.1.1-5
PyPI1 product
  • keystone< 2012.1 | < c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa | All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 13 products

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