TI-2015-03085 Aliases CVE-2015-3646 GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2014.1.5 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.4 logs the…

LOW 24CWE-200Published 2015-05-12 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2014.1.5 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.4 logs the backend_argument configuration option content, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain passwords and other sensitive backend information by reading the Keystone logs.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0288 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial keystone (PyPI): 2014.1.5, 2014.2.4Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	keystone (PyPI)	2011.3 to before 2014.1.5	2014.1.5	Patch available	GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w
—	keystone (PyPI)	2014.2 to before 2014.2.4	2014.2.4	Patch available	GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
keystone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2011.3 to before 2014.1.5 Fixed in 2014.1.5 Patch available GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w
keystone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2014.2 to before 2014.2.4 Fixed in 2014.2.4 Patch available GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone::::::::	2014.1 to before 2014.1.5; 2014.2.0 to before 2014.2.4	Vulnerable	OpenStack
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:::::::*	11.2	Vulnerable	Oracle

cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.1 to before 2014.1.5; 2014.2.0 to before 2014.2.4 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.2 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w keystone (PyPI) Fixed in 2014.1.5 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w keystone (PyPI) Fixed in 2014.2.4 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-3646
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w

References

Patch 1

[openstack-announce] 20150505 [OSSA 2015-008] Potential Keystone cache backend password leak in log (CVE-2015-3646)

Advisory 3

Other 2

Sources

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