TI-2026-61494 Aliases CVE-2026-90460 GHSA-qfjc-4hpf-mgw2

Incorrect authorization in OpenStack Keystone

HIGH 68CWE-863Published 2026-09-11 · Updated 2026-10-13

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: Present
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · Low
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.3. Tokens obtained via delegated authentication methods (EC2 credentials, application credentials, OAuth1 access tokens, and trusts) are not blocked from creating, modifying, or deleting credentials via the /v3/credentials API. EC2-derived tokens can additionally read credential blobs, exposing TOTP MFA seeds and other secrets. Also, PATCH /v3/credentials does not validate the requested post-update project_id, allowing any delegated token to move a credential to an unauthorized project. All Keystone deployments using delegated authentication are affected.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00573 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Keystone (OpenStack): 27.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.3Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
OpenStack	Keystone	13.0.0 to before 27.0.3; 28.0.0 to before 28.0.3; 29.0.0 to before 29.0.3	27.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.3	Patch available	CNA

Keystone VendorOpenStack Affected 13.0.0 to before 27.0.3; 28.0.0 to before 28.0.3; 29.0.0 to before 29.0.3 Fixed in 27.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

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

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone::::::::	—	—	OpenStack

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

Remediation

Fix · CNA Keystone (OpenStack) Fixed in 27.0.3, 28.0.3, 29.0.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0	Affected	No fix yet

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90460
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qfjc-4hpf-mgw2
2026-10-09 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-10-09 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

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

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Sources

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