A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions. This occurs because OpenStack Keystone does not properly handle EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) tokens when a user's role has been removed from a tenant. An attacker can leverage a token associated with a removed user role to gain unauthorized access.
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07 Apr 2026, 07:16
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| Summary | (en) A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions. This occurs because OpenStack Keystone does not properly handle EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) tokens when a user's role has been removed from a tenant. An attacker can leverage a token associated with a removed user role to gain unauthorized access. | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : 3.5
v3 : 5.4 |
| CWE | CWE-639 | |
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| References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html - | |
| References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html - | |
| References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1557.html - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51423 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/51436 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/5 - Patch | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/6 - Patch | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56726 - | |
| References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1641-1 - | |
| References | () https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1064914 - Patch | |
| References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80333 - | |
| References | () https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/37308dd4f3e33f7bd0f71d83fd51734d1870713b - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/8735009dc5b895db265a1cd573f39f4acfca2a19 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/9d68b40cb9ea818c48152e6c712ff41586ad9653 - Patch |
Information
Published : 2012-12-18 01:55
Updated : 2026-04-29 01:13
NVD link : CVE-2012-5571
Mitre link : CVE-2012-5571
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-5571
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Products Affected
openstack
- folsom
- essex
