CVE-2012-5571

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.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1557.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51423 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51436 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/5 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/6 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56726
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1641-1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5571
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1064914 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80333
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/37308dd4f3e33f7bd0f71d83fd51734d1870713b Patch
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/8735009dc5b895db265a1cd573f39f4acfca2a19 Patch
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/9d68b40cb9ea818c48152e6c712ff41586ad9653 Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1557.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51423 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51436 Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/5 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/6 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56726
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1641-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1064914 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80333
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/37308dd4f3e33f7bd0f71d83fd51734d1870713b Patch
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/8735009dc5b895db265a1cd573f39f4acfca2a19 Patch
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/9d68b40cb9ea818c48152e6c712ff41586ad9653 Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Apr 2026, 07:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary (en) OpenStack Keystone Essex (2012.1) and Folsom (2012.2) does not properly handle EC2 tokens when the user role has been removed from a tenant, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions by leveraging a token for the removed user role. (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 : 3.5
v3 : unknown
v2 : 3.5
v3 : 5.4
CWE CWE-639
References
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5571 -

21 Nov 2024, 01:44

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html - () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/094286.html -
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1556.html -
References () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1557.html - () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1557.html -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/51423 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/51423 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/51436 - Vendor Advisory () http://secunia.com/advisories/51436 - Vendor Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/5 - Patch () 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 () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/28/6 - Patch
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56726 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56726 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1641-1 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1641-1 -
References () https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1064914 - Patch () https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1064914 - Patch
References () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80333 - () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80333 -
References () https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/37308dd4f3e33f7bd0f71d83fd51734d1870713b - Patch () https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/37308dd4f3e33f7bd0f71d83fd51734d1870713b - Patch
References () https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/8735009dc5b895db265a1cd573f39f4acfca2a19 - Patch () https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/8735009dc5b895db265a1cd573f39f4acfca2a19 - Patch
References () https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/9d68b40cb9ea818c48152e6c712ff41586ad9653 - Patch () 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
CWE
CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors