What is CVE-2012-5518?

CVE-2012-5518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Vdsm, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2012-5518?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ovirt Vdsm

CVE-2012-5518

vdsm: certificate generation upon node creation allowing vdsm to start and serve requests from anyone who has a matching key (and certificate)

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2019-11-25 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ovirt Vdsm
Vdsm — versions through 2012-11-10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5518 (Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/3 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5518?: CVE-2012-5518 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Vdsm, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2012-5518?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.