CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-43000

MediumCVSS 6.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

25th percentile - higher than 25% of all known CVEs

Summary

In OpenStack Keystone before version 29.0.2, a vulnerability combined with application credential impersonation allows an attacker with the member role on a project to escalate to admin. The attacker creates unrestricted application credentials and chains them with Keystone trusts, impersonating the victim and taking over their admin role.

Risk Assessment

Privilege escalation to admin can lead to full compromise of the OpenStack cloud, including access to all resources and data.

Recommendation

Upgrade OpenStack Keystone to version 29.0.2 or later. Restrict creation of unrestricted application credentials and apply the principle of least privilege.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS