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CVE-2012-4456

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Description

The (1) OS-KSADM/services and (2) tenant APIs in OpenStack Keystone Essex before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before folsom-2 do not properly validate X-Auth-Token, which allow remote attackers to read the roles for an arbitrary user or get, create, or delete arbitrary services.

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https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17034.html

https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/868054992faa45d6f42d822bf1588cb88d7c9ccb

https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/24df3adb3f50cbb5ada411bc67aba8a781e6a431

https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/1d146f5c32e58a73a677d308370f147a3271c2cb

https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/14b136aed9d988f5a8f3e699bd4577c9b874d6c1

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78944

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861179

https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006822

https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006815

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55716

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/28/5

http://secunia.com/advisories/50665

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mf98-r2gf-2x3w

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-4547

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-10-09

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03998

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