CVE-2012-5482

The v2 API in OpenStack Glance Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary non-protected images via an image deletion request. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4573.

Published: 2012-11-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5482 is rated Moderate Risk (52.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.72%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.32% 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-2012-5482

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 1.40% 2.72% +1.32%
2 2025-03-30 2.42% 1.40% -1.01%
3 2025-03-29 2.42%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5482

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5482

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-5482

GHSA-vwr9-9f8v-vp5m · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Glance arbitrary deletion of non-protected images

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5482

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-5482 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (glance), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5482
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5482 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (glance), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 2, not-affected 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5482

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5482

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack essex 2012.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack folsom 2012.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\) cpe:2.3:a:openstack:image_registry_and_delivery_service_\(glance\):-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5482

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