CVE-2026-42998

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone application credential authentication plugin does not verify that the user supplied in the authentication request matches the owner of the application credential. An attacker can authenticate with their own application credential ID and secret while specifying a different user's name and domain in the request body. Keystone issues a token attributed to the victim user. The impersonated token is project-scoped and carries the intersection of the application credential's roles and the victim's actual roles on the project. This enables audit evasion, reading the victim's credentials, and acting as the victim within shared projects.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148477 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory Patch
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html Vendor Advisory Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 Jun 2026, 14:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148477 - () https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148477 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Patch
References () https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html - () https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html - Vendor Advisory, Patch
First Time Openstack keystone
Openstack
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

28 May 2026, 19:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-28 19:16

Updated : 2026-06-02 14:50


NVD link : CVE-2026-42998

Mitre link : CVE-2026-42998

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42998


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Products Affected

openstack

  • keystone
CWE
CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization