CVE-2026-43001
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863, CWE-1288
- Affected
- openstack/keystone
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2149775Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/keystone/+/985804Patch
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39808
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54757
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464305
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-43001.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.