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High · 7.7 CVE-2026-40683 EUVD-2026-22701GHSA-pfx2-9x9m-7ghxPYSEC-2026-2550

OpenStack Keystone: LDAP identity backend does not convert enabled attribute to boolean

Published Apr 14, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In OpenStack Keystone before 28.0.1, the LDAP identity backend does not convert the user enabled attribute to a boolean when the user_enabled_invert configuration option is False (the default). The _ldap_res_to_model method in the UserApi class only performed string-to-boolean conversion when user_enabled_invert was True. When False, the raw string value from LDAP (e.g., "FALSE") was used directly. Since non-empty strings are truthy in Python, users marked as disabled in LDAP were treated as enabled by Keystone, allowing them to authenticate and perform actions. All deployments using the LDAP identity backend without user_enabled_invert=True or user_enabled_emulation are affected.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenStack Keystone 8.0.0 – < 25.0.1, 26.0.0 – < 26.1.1, 27.0.0 – < 27.0.1, 28.0.0 – < 28.0.1 25.0.1

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 keystone 2:29.0.0~rc1-2 —
Debian 13 keystone 2:27.0.0-3+deb13u3 —
Debian 12 keystone 2:22.0.2-0+deb12u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 keystone 2:28.0.0-0ubuntu1.3 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS keystone 2:25.0.0-0ubuntu1.4 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS keystone 2:21.0.1-0ubuntu2.4 —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS keystone No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS keystone No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS keystone No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat OpenStack 18 python3-keystone +1 1:23.0.3-18.0.20260610133808.9e3dfb4.el9ost RHSA-2026:39808

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI keystone < 28.0.1 28.0.1 GHSA-pfx2-9x9m-7ghx

Advisories 2

References