An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone RBAC policy enforcer in enforce_call unconditionally merges the raw JSON request body into the policy enforcement dictionary via policy_dict.update(json_input.copy()), overwriting trusted target data that was previously set from database lookups. Because flask.request.get_json is called with force=True, this works regardless of Content-Type or HTTP method. Any authenticated user can inject arbitrary policy target attributes (e.g., user_id, project_id) into the request body to bypass RBAC checks and perform unauthorized operations on resources belonging to other users or projects. This was introduced in commit 5ea59f52 (Rocky/14.0.0).
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148398 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42999 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482840 | |
| https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42999.json |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
30 Jun 2026, 03:19
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| CWE | CWE-639 |
17 Jun 2026, 10:48
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| References | () https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148398 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory |
02 Jun 2026, 14:41
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| References | () https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148398 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, Patch | |
| References | () https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html - Vendor Advisory, Patch | |
| First Time |
Openstack keystone
Openstack |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
28 May 2026, 19:16
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Information
Published : 2026-05-28 19:16
Updated : 2026-07-23 12:18
NVD link : CVE-2026-42999
Mitre link : CVE-2026-42999
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-42999
JSON object : View
Products Affected
openstack
- keystone
