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PYSEC-2026-832
OpenStack Keystone Improper Authentication vulnerability
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-832 — keystone: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'keystone>=2012.1.2'Details
The (1) OS-KSADM/services and (2) tenant APIs in OpenStack Keystone Essex before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before folsom-2 do not properly validate X-Auth-Token, which allow remote attackers to read the roles for an arbitrary user or get, create, or delete arbitrary services.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4456[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/14b136aed9d988f5a8f3e699bd4577c9b874d6c1[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/1d146f5c32e58a73a677d308370f147a3271c2cb[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/24df3adb3f50cbb5ada411bc67aba8a781e6a431[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/868054992faa45d6f42d822bf1588cb88d7c9ccb[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1378[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4456[WEB]
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006815[WEB]
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006822[WEB]
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861179[WEB]
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78944[WEB]
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone[PACKAGE]
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17034.html[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121114024512/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55716[WEB]
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/28/5[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/keystone[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mf98-r2gf-2x3w[ADVISORY]