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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5483 · published 26 December 2012

CVE-2012-5483: Openstack keystone permissions and access controls vulnerability

Openstack · Keystone

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.

2.1 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 0.34% · top 75.0% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
2.1CVSS 2.0 base score
0.34%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56888
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873447
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80612
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56888
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873447
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80612

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5483), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.