GHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Nova Directory traversal vulnerability
Directory traversal vulnerability in virt/disk/api.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when used over libvirt-based hypervisors, allows remote authenticated users to write arbitrary files to the disk image via a .. (dot dot) in the path attribute of a file element.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3360 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.00%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.62% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.38% | 3.00% | +1.62% |
| 2 | 2026-03-23 | 2.56% | 1.38% | -1.18% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 2.56% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-m454-cm7h-rqhh · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Nova Directory traversal vulnerability
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2012-3360 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nova), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3360 |
ubuntu
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high | CVE-2012-3360 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nova), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): DNE 2, not-affected 2, released 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3360 |