CVE-2012-6120: Red Hat Openstack Essex

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Red Hat OpenStack Essex and Folsom creates the /var/log/puppet directory with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as Puppet log files.

Affected products

  • Red Hat Openstack Essex: affected versions not specified
  • Red Hat Openstack Folsom: affected versions not specified

Published 2013-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.