Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-2828

Title: Openstack Keystone Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-2828.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Apr 15, 2014

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.16%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-2828: The V3 API in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of the same authentication method in a request, aka "authentication chaining."

Impacted Vendors

openstack 1

keystonejs 1

keystone-engine 1

Reference Links

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1688.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/10/20 https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1300274 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1688.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/10/20 https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1300274

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-2828 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 15, 2014 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:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.