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CVE-2026-43000

MEDIUM
6.0
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
keystoneDebian
Fixed in:2:18.1.0-1+deb11u3CVE-2026-43000
Fixed in:2:22.0.2-0+deb12u3CVE-2026-43000
Fixed in:2:27.0.0-3+deb13u4CVE-2026-43000
Fixed in:2:29.0.1-2CVE-2026-43000
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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