CVE-2012-5571

Openstack keystone: openstack keystone: authorization bypass via improper ec2 token handling

Published Dec 18, 2012 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0016 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qvpr-qm6w-6rcc OpenStack Keystone intended authorization restrictions bypass
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1641-1 OpenStack Keystone vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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. 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.
Title OpenStack: Keystone EC2-style credentials invalidation issue Openstack keystone: openstack keystone: authorization bypass via improper ec2 token handling
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:13
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:16.2
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:17.1
cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:18.0
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 30, 2026, 6:03 PM
Reserved
Oct 24, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 18, 2012, 1:55 AM
Modified
Oct 30, 2026, 7:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 28, 2012, 12:00 AM