Security readout for executives and security teams
This flaw affected very old OpenStack Keystone releases. Some administrative and tenant API actions failed to validate the X-Auth-Token header, allowing a remote attacker to read another user's roles or manipulate service records. That is control-plane sensitive, but the issue is confined to Essex before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before folsom-2. Exposure is likely limited to legacy OpenStack clouds running Keystone Essex before 2012.1.2 or Folsom before folsom-2. Risk increases if Keystone administrative or tenant APIs are reachable beyond trusted management networks. Prioritize urgently only if the organization still operates legacy OpenStack Keystone from the Essex or early Folsom era. For modern OpenStack, this is mainly a legacy exposure confirmation item. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Keystone Essex to 2012.1.2 or later.; Upgrade Folsom deployments to folsom-2 or later.; Apply the referenced OpenStack Keystone security commits through vendor-supported packages..
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- [openstack] 20120928 [OSSA 2012-015] Some actions in Keystone admin API do not validate token (CVE-2012-4456)CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/24df3adb3f50cbb5ada411bc67aba8a781e6a431CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/14b136aed9d988f5a8f3e699bd4577c9b874d6c1CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006822CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006815CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/868054992faa45d6f42d822bf1588cb88d7c9ccbCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- keystone-xauth-sec-bypass(78944)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/1d146f5c32e58a73a677d308370f147a3271c2cbCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861179CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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