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CVE-2026-42999

MEDIUM
6.0
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone RBAC policy enforcer in enforce_call unconditionally merges the raw JSON request body into the policy enforcement dictionary via policy_dict.update(json_input.copy()), overwriting trusted target data that was previously set from database lookups. Because flask.request.get_json is called with force=True, this works regardless of Content-Type or HTTP method. Any authenticated user can inject arbitrary policy target attributes (e.g., user_id, project_id) into the request body to bypass RBAC checks and perform unauthorized operations on resources belonging to other users or projects. This was introduced in commit 5ea59f52 (Rocky/14.0.0).

How to fix

Remediation Available
keystoneDebian
Fixed in:2:18.1.0-1+deb11u3CVE-2026-42999
Fixed in:2:22.0.2-0+deb12u3CVE-2026-42999
Fixed in:2:27.0.0-3+deb13u4CVE-2026-42999
Fixed in:2:29.0.1-2CVE-2026-42999
keystoneUbuntu
Fixed in:2:21.0.1-0ubuntu2.4USN-8433-1
Fixed in:2:25.0.0-0ubuntu1.4USN-8433-1
Fixed in:2:28.0.0-0ubuntu1.3USN-8433-1
keystone-commonUbuntu
Fixed in:2:21.0.1-0ubuntu2.4USN-8433-1
Fixed in:2:25.0.0-0ubuntu1.4USN-8433-1
Fixed in:2:28.0.0-0ubuntu1.3USN-8433-1
keystone-docUbuntu
Fixed in:2:21.0.1-0ubuntu2.4USN-8433-1
Fixed in:2:25.0.0-0ubuntu1.4USN-8433-1
Fixed in:2:28.0.0-0ubuntu1.3USN-8433-1
python3-keystoneUbuntu
Fixed in:2:21.0.1-0ubuntu2.4USN-8433-1
Fixed in:2:25.0.0-0ubuntu1.4USN-8433-1
Fixed in:2:28.0.0-0ubuntu1.3USN-8433-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days
25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

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