OpenStack Identity service (keystone) Incorrect Authorization

Also known as GHSA-j36m-hv43-7w7m, PYSEC-2018-152

Published 8 y ago 2018-07-19 · modified 3 mo ago 2026-07-13 · JSON

CVSS

6.8

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.3%

percentile 83%

Public exploits

none known

An authorization-check flaw was discovered in federation configurations of the OpenStack Identity service (keystone). An authenticated federated user could request permissions to a project and unintentionally be granted all related roles including administrative roles.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.30% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	6.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`
CNA	3.0	6.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`
NVD	3.0	7.2	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`
OSV	3.0	7.2	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
GitHub	3.0	7.2	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
pypi	`keystone`	>=9.0.0, <=9.3.0 >=10.0.0, <10.0.2 >=11.0.0, <11.0.1 >=9.0.0, <10.0.2	10.0.2 11.0.1

Affected products

[UNKNOWN] openstack-keystone

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

seclists.org /oss-sec/2017/q2/125 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2673 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
bugs.launchpad.net /keystone/+bug/1677723 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1461 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1597 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/98032 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2673 · advisory
github.com /openstack/keystone/commit/05a129e54573b6cbda1ec095f4526f2b9ba90a90 · web
github.com /openstack/keystone/commit/2139639eeabc8f6941f4461fc87d609cde3118c2 · web
access.redhat.com /security/cve/CVE-2017-2673 · web
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1439586 · web
github.com /openstack/keystone · package
github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2018-152.yaml · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-2673
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-j36m-hv43-7w7m
NVD: CVE-2017-2673
OSV: PYSEC-2018-152

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Summary