CVE-2026-42999

MEDIUM

Openstack Keystone - Incorrect Authorization

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone RBAC policy enforcer in enforce_call unconditionally merges the raw JSON request body into the policy enforcement dictionary via policy_dict.update(json_input.copy()), overwriting trusted target data that was previously set from database lookups. Because flask.request.get_json is called with force=True, this works regardless of Content-Type or HTTP method. Any authenticated user can inject arbitrary policy target attributes (e.g., user_id, project_id) into the request body to bypass RBAC checks and perform unauthorized operations on resources belonging to other users or projects. This was introduced in commit 5ea59f52 (Rocky/14.0.0).

Scores

CVSS v3 6.0
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 15.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (4)
OpenStack/Keystone 14.0.0 - 27.0.2
openstack/keystone 14.0.0 - 27.0.2
OpenStack/Keystone 28.0.0 - 28.0.2
OpenStack/Keystone 29.0.0 - 29.0.2
Published May 28, 2026
Tracked Since May 29, 2026