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Medium · 6.0 CVE-2026-43000 EUVD-2026-33242GHSA-q623-f4j4-p4xjPYSEC-2026-601

OpenStack Keystone has an Incorrect Authorization issue

Published May 28, 2026 · Updated Jul 24, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. When combined with an application credential impersonation vulnerability, an attacker with the member role on a project can escalate to admin by chaining unrestricted application credentials with Keystone trusts. The impersonated token carries the victim's identity, which passes the trustor validation check. Keystone then validates the delegated roles against the victim's actual role assignments in the database, not the roles on the requesting token. This allows the attacker to create a trust delegating the victim's admin role to themselves. The trust persists independently, and additional trusts and application credentials can be created to maintain access. All actions are logged under the victim's identity.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenStack Keystone 14.0.0 – < 27.0.2, 28.0.0 – < 28.0.2, 29.0.0 – < 29.0.2 27.0.2

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 2:29.0.1-2 —
Debian 13 keystone 2:27.0.0-3+deb13u4 —
Debian 12 keystone 2:22.0.2-0+deb12u3 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS keystone 2:29.0.0-0ubuntu1.2 —
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 13 python-keystone +1 1:13.0.4-10.el7ost RHSA-2026:94039
Red Hat OpenStack 13 python-nova +15 1:17.0.13-43.el7ost RHSA-2026:94039
Red Hat OpenStack 13 python-webob 1.7.2-2.el7ost RHSA-2026:94039

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI keystone >= 14.0.0, < 27.0.2 27.0.2 GHSA-q623-f4j4-p4xj
PyPI keystone >= 28.0.0, < 28.0.2 28.0.2 GHSA-q623-f4j4-p4xj
PyPI keystone >= 29.0.0, < 29.0.2 29.0.2 GHSA-q623-f4j4-p4xj
PyPI keystone >= 14.0.0, < 27.0.2 · >= 28.0.0, < 28.0.2 · >= 29.0.0, < 29.0.2 27.0.2, 28.0.2, 29.0.2 PYSEC-2026-601

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