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.
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)
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History
02 Jun 2026, 14:38
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148477 - 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 |
28 May 2026, 19:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-05-28 19:16
Updated : 2026-06-02 14:38
NVD link : CVE-2026-43000
Mitre link : CVE-2026-43000
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43000
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Products Affected
openstack
- keystone
CWE
CWE-863
Incorrect Authorization
