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CVE-2012-5483 json

tools/sample_data.sh in OpenStack Keystone 2012.1.3, when access to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is configured, uses world-rea…

published 2012-12-26 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5400

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

tools/sample_data.sh in OpenStack Keystone 2012.1.3, when access to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is configured, uses world-readable permissions for /etc/keystone/ec2rc, which allows local users to obtain access to EC2 services by reading administrative access and secret values from this file.

Patch / fix

  • openstack-keystone openstack 1 2012.1.3-3.el6
  • python-keystone openstack 1 2012.1.3-3.el6
  • python-keystone-auth-token openstack 1 2012.1.3-3.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1556

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-5483 updated cvss 2.1

OpenStack: Keystone /etc/keystone/ec2rc secret key exposure

  • Red Hat RHOS Essex Release python-keystone 2012.1.3-3.el6, openstack-keystone 2012.1.3-3.el6, python-keystone-auth-token 2012.1.3-3.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1556

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.