GHSA-2R23-2G6V-2M5F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-28 21:32 – Updated: 2026-07-02 17:44
VLAI?
Summary
OpenStack Keystone has an Authorization Bypass
Details

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone RBAC policy enforcer in enforce_call unconditionally merges the raw JSON request body into the policy enforcement dictionary via policy_dict.update(json_input.copy()), overwriting trusted target data that was previously set from database lookups. Because flask.request.get_json is called with force=True, this works regardless of Content-Type or HTTP method. Any authenticated user can inject arbitrary policy target attributes (e.g., user_id, project_id) into the request body to bypass RBAC checks and perform unauthorized operations on resources belonging to other users or projects. This was introduced in commit 5ea59f52 (Rocky/14.0.0).

Severity ?
6.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "keystone"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "14.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "27.0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "keystone"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "28.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "28.0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "keystone"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "29.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "29.0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-42999"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-639",
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-02T17:44:03Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-28T19:16:37Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone RBAC policy enforcer in enforce_call unconditionally merges the raw JSON request body into the policy enforcement dictionary via policy_dict.update(json_input.copy()), overwriting trusted target data that was previously set from database lookups. Because flask.request.get_json is called with force=True, this works regardless of Content-Type or HTTP method. Any authenticated user can inject arbitrary policy target attributes (e.g., user_id, project_id) into the request body to bypass RBAC checks and perform unauthorized operations on resources belonging to other users or projects. This was introduced in commit 5ea59f52 (Rocky/14.0.0).",
  "id": "GHSA-2r23-2g6v-2m5f",
  "modified": "2026-07-02T17:44:03Z",
  "published": "2026-05-28T21:32:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42999"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42999"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148398"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482840"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/keystone"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2026-600.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42999.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenStack Keystone has an Authorization Bypass"
}


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