Keystone: Lack of authorization for adding users to tenants
Published Sep 5, 2012
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.50%
Description
OpenStack Keystone, as used in OpenStack Folsom before folsom-rc1 and OpenStack Essex (2012.1), allows remote attackers to add an arbitrary user to an arbitrary tenant via a request to update the user's default tenant to the administrative API. NOTE: this identifier was originally incorrectly assigned to an open redirect issue, but the correct identifier for that issue is CVE-2012-3540.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
OpenStack Essex for RHEL 6
openstack-keystone-0:2012.1.2-4.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1378
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack Essex for RHEL 6 | openstack-keystone-0:2012.1.2-4.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1378 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.50% (0.02500) | 84.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.48% (0.02480) | 82.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.76% (0.01757) | 80.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.22% (0.05225) | 82.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.76% (0.01757) | 81.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00789) | 82.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00789) | 81.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00789) | 79.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00719) | 77.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 77.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50467 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50494 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3542 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1040626 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852510 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gf2q-j2qq-pjf2 Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2012-19.yaml
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16282.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3542
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121114023909/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140802052724/http://secunia.com/advisories/50467
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140804204333/http://secunia.com/advisories/50494
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3542
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