CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-43001

HighCVSS 7.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.46%

38th percentile - higher than 38% of all known CVEs

Summary

In OpenStack Keystone before version 29.0.2, the POST /v3/credentials endpoint did not validate that the caller-supplied project_id for an EC2 credential matched the project of the authenticating application credential. An attacker with an unrestricted application credential for project A could create an EC2 credential targeting project B, then exchange it for a Keystone token scoped to project B while retaining the original app_cred_id.

Risk Assessment

The risk is lateral movement between projects within the credential owner's role footprint, potentially leading to unauthorized access to resources in other projects.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade OpenStack Keystone to version 29.0.2 or later, which includes a fix that validates the project match for EC2 credentials.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. POST /v3/credentials did not validate that the caller-supplied project_id for an EC2-type credential matched the project of the authenticating application credential. This allowed an attacker holding an unrestricted application credential for project A to create an EC2 credential targeting project B; a subsequent /v3/ec2tokens exchange would then issue a Keystone token scoped to project B while still carrying the original app_cred_id, enabling cross-project lateral movement within the credential owner's role footprint.

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