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TI-2025-40226 Aliases CVE-2025-65073GHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h

Incorrect authorization in OpenStack Keystone

Priority LOW 32CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

OpenStack Keystone before 26.0.1, 27.0.0, and 28.0.0 allows a /v3/ec2tokens or /v3/s3tokens request with a valid AWS Signature to provide Keystone authorization.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00243 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Keystone (OpenStack): 26.0.1keystone (PyPI): 26.0.1, 27.0.0, 28.0.0Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OpenStackKeystonebefore 26.0.1; 27.0.0; 28.0.026.0.1Patch availableCNA
—keystone (PyPI)before 26.0.126.0.1Patch availableGHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h
—keystone (PyPI)27.0.0.0rc1 to before 27.0.027.0.0Patch availableGHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h
—keystone (PyPI)28.0.0.0rc1 to before 28.0.028.0.0Patch availableGHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h
  • Keystone VendorOpenStack Affected before 26.0.1; 27.0.0; 28.0.0 Fixed in 26.0.1 Patch available CNA
  • keystone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 26.0.1 Fixed in 26.0.1 Patch available GHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h
  • keystone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 27.0.0.0rc1 to before 27.0.0 Fixed in 27.0.0 Patch available GHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h
  • keystone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 28.0.0.0rc1 to before 28.0.0 Fixed in 28.0.0 Patch available GHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——OpenStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·OpenStack

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Keystone (OpenStack) Fixed in 26.0.1
  • Fix · GHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h keystone (PyPI) Fixed in 26.0.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h keystone (PyPI) Fixed in 27.0.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h keystone (PyPI) Fixed in 28.0.0 Advisory →

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:54757 Released 2026-08-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 security advisory
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 collectd-sensubility-0.2.1-1.1.el8ost, erlang-23.3.4.18-2.el8ost, erlang-asn1-23.3.4.18-2.el8ost +41
  • RHSA-2026:28044 Released 2026-06-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (openstack-keystone) security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 openstack-keystone-1:19.0.2-17.1.20260529190847.54dd95d.el9ost, openstack-swift-2.27.1-17.1.20231004180819.el9ost, openstack-swift-account-2.27.1-17.1.20231004180819.el9ost +9
  • RHSA-2026:1958 Released 2026-02-13 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 18.0 (openstack-keystone) security update
    • Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 18.0 openstack-keystone-1:23.0.3-18.0.20241202141842.9e3dfb4.el9ost, python3-keystone-1:23.0.3-18.0.20241202141842.9e3dfb4.el9ost

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed RHSA-2026:54757
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1Fixed RHSA-2026:28044
Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 18.0Fixed RHSA-2026:1958
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-65073
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hcqg-5g63-7j9h

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2026-78562 Incorrect authorization in OpenStack Manila share operations CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-63467 Code injection in OpenStack Octavia CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2017-13226 The tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c in the Linux kernel before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-69629 OpenStack Mistral flaw lets users change other projects' resources CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-69623 Command injection in OpenStack Mistral std.ssh_proxied action CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2022-17779 Improper privilege management in OpenStack CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
See all 332 →

Sources

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