CVE-2015-5242

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-94 Code Injection
Publication date:
25/11/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

OpenStack Swift-on-File (aka Swiftonfile) does not properly restrict use of the pickle Python module when loading metadata, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted extended attribute (xattrs).

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*