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Critical USN-7926-1 3 CVEs

keystone vulnerabilities

Published Dec 11, 2025 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Kay discovered that OpenStack Keystone incorrectly handled the ec2tokens
and s3tokens APIs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain unauthorized access and escalate privileges. (CVE-2025-65073)

It was discovered that OpenStack Keystone only validated the first 72
bytes of an application secret. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to bypass password complexity. (CVE-2021-3563)

It was discovered that OpenStack Keystone had a time lag before a token
should be revoked by the security policy. A remote administrator could use
this issue to maintain access for longer than expected. (CVE-2022-2447)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS keystone 2:21.0.1-0ubuntu2.1

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Critical 9.1

    Openstack Keystone Incorrect Authorization vulnerability

    A flaw was found in openstack-keystone. Only the first 72 characters of an application secret are verified allowing attackers bypass some password complexity which administrators may be counting on. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confid…

  • High 7.5

    OpenStack Keystone allows /v3/ec2tokens or /v3/s3tokens request with valid AWS Signature to provide Keystone authorization.

    OpenStack Keystone before 26.0.1, 27.0.0, and 28.0.0 allows a /v3/ec2tokens or /v3/s3tokens request with a valid AWS Signature to provide Keystone authorization.

  • Unscored —

    A flaw was found in Keystone. There is a time lag (up to one hour in a default configuration) between when security pol…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3563
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2447
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-65073