GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-q623-f4j4-p4xj OpenStack Keystone has an Incorrect Authorization issue

MEDIUM Published 2026-05-28 Modified 2026-07-02 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-43000
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
keystone
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-266, CWE-863
Reviewed
2026-07-02

Affected packages

• PyPI keystone: >= 14.0.0, < 27.0.2 → fixed in 27.0.2 • PyPI keystone: >= 28.0.0, < 28.0.2 → fixed in 28.0.2 • PyPI keystone: >= 29.0.0, < 29.0.2 → fixed in 29.0.2

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-43000 An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment weakness
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References