Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-4457

Title: Openstack Keystone Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-4457.

CWE Category CWE-287
Published Date Oct 09, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.27%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-4457: OpenStack Keystone Essex before 2012.1.2 and Folsom before folsom-3 does not properly handle authorization tokens for disabled tenants, which allows remote authenticated users to access the tenant's resources by requesting a token for the tenant.

Impacted Vendors

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openstack 1
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keystonejs 1
K
keystone-engine 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/50665 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/28/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55716 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861180 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78947 https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/4ebfdfaf23c6da8e3c182bf3ec2cb2b7132ef685 https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5373601bbdda10f879c08af1698852142b75f8d5 https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17035.html http://secunia.com/advisories/50665 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/28/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55716 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861180 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78947 https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/4ebfdfaf23c6da8e3c182bf3ec2cb2b7132ef685 https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5373601bbdda10f879c08af1698852142b75f8d5 https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17035.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-4457 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.