OpenStack: Keystone /etc/keystone/ec2rc secret key exposure
Published Dec 26, 2012
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 25.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 25.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 13.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56888 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5483 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873447 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80612 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5483
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5483
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56888 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5483 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873447 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80612 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5483 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5483 |
Change history (0)
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