CVE-2012-4413

OpenStack Keystone 2012.1.3 does not invalidate existing tokens when granting or revoking roles, which allows remote authenticated users to retain the privileges of the revoked roles.

Published: 2012-09-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4413 is rated Moderate Risk (44.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.88%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.45% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4413

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 0.43% 1.88% +1.45%
2 2025-03-30 1.26% 0.43% -0.83%
3 2025-03-29 1.26%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4413

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4413

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-4413

GHSA-mrxv-65rv-6hxq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Keystone does not invalidate existing tokens when granting or revoking roles

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4413

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-4413 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (keystone), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4413
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4413
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4413 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (keystone), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 3, released 2, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4413

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4413

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack keystone 2012.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2012.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4413

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