CVE-2012-4456
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.040 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-mf98-r2gf-2x3wOpenStack Keystone Improper Authentication vulnerability2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2026-832OpenStack Keystone Improper Authentication vulnerability2026-07-06vendor · osvUS
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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references (38)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/50665cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/28/5cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1378cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4456cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006815cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1006822cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861179cnnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78944cnnvd
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