CVE-2026-43000

keystone: OpenStack Keystone: Privilege escalation via chained application credential impersonation and trust misuse

Published May 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4611-1 keystone security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6331-1 keystone security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q623-f4j4-p4xj OpenStack Keystone has an Incorrect Authorization issue
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8433-1 OpenStack Keystone vulnerabilities
History
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Title OpenStack Keystone Privilege Escalation via Trust Exploit keystone: OpenStack Keystone: Privilege escalation via chained application credential impersonation and trust misuse
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title OpenStack Keystone Privilege Escalation via Trust Exploit
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
First Time appeared Openstack
Openstack keystone
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openstack
Openstack keystone
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jul 24, 2026, 12:05 PM
Reserved
May 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 28, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 1:10 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
May 28, 2026, 12:00 AM