What is CVE-2012-5476?

CVE-2012-5476 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Horizon, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2012-5476?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in OpenStack Horizon

CVE-2012-5476

Within the RHOS Essex Preview (2012.2) of the OpenStack dashboard package, the file /etc/quantum/quantum.conf is world readable which exposes the admin password and token value.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2019-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

OpenStack Horizon — versions 2012.2
Openstack-Dashboard — versions RHOS Essex Preview (2012.2)
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5476 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5476 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5476?: CVE-2012-5476 is a medium-severity vulnerability in OpenStack Horizon, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2012-5476?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.