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Medium · 6.0 CVE-2026-71191 EUVD-2026-53049GHSA-hqwm-h3rj-hvcf

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, S3API middleware does not enforce that semantic x-amz-* headers are covered by the SigV4 signature on pr…

Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 6, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In OpenStack Swift through 2.38.0, S3API middleware does not enforce that semantic x-amz-* headers are covered by the SigV4 signature on presigned URL requests. An attacker who obtains a presigned PUT URL can inject an unsigned X-Amz-Copy-Source header, causing Swift to perform a server-side copy from an arbitrary source object using the signer's authorization context. The attacker can read any object the signer has access to, provided the target project_id, container name, and object name are known. This affects all deployments using the default s3_acl=false configuration.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenStack Swift 2.18.0 – < 2.35.4, 2.36.0 – < 2.36.3, 2.37.0 – < 2.37.3, 2.38.0 2.35.4

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 swift 2.37.1-6 —
Debian 13 swift 2.35.1-0+deb13u3 —
Debian 12 swift 2.30.1-0+deb12u3 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 swift No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS swift No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS swift No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS swift No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS swift No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS swift No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS swift No fix yet —

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