In OpenStack keystonemiddleware before 13.0.2, by supplying a custom X-Service-Token header in a request, anyone in possession of an access-restricted application credential may bypass those restrictions resulting in elevation of privileges.
Problem type
Affected products
OpenStack
< 10.12.2 - AFFECTED
< 12.0.1 - AFFECTED
< 13.0.2 - AFFECTED
References
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystonemiddleware/+bug/2162748
https://github.com/openstack/keystonemiddleware/tags
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/29/2
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-ghh7-5q3h-mc48
In OpenStack keystonemiddleware before 13.0.2, by supplying a custom X-Service-Token header in a...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghh7-5q3h-mc48In OpenStack keystonemiddleware before 13.0.2, by supplying a custom X-Service-Token header in a request, anyone in possession of an access-restricted application credential may bypass those restrictions resulting in elevation of privileges.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115642
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystonemiddleware/+bug/2162748
https://github.com/openstack/keystonemiddleware/tags
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/29/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/29/2
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ghh7-5q3h-mc48
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-115642Click to expand
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