CVE-2012-3542
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.9%OpenStack Keystone Allows Remote User Account Creation
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 5/28/2026
Description
OpenStack Keystone, as used in OpenStack Folsom before folsom-rc1 and OpenStack Essex (2012.1), allows remote attackers to add an arbitrary user to an arbitrary tenant via a request to update the user's default tenant to the administrative API. NOTE: this identifier was originally incorrectly assigned to an open redirect issue, but the correct identifier for that issue is CVE-2012-3540.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/keystonefrom 0, < 2012.1.1-5
- PyPI/keystonefrom 0, < 2012.1
- PyPI/keystonefrom 0, < 5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155, < c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa | from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (16)
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50467
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50494
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3542
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3542
- PATCHhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1040626
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2012-19.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16282.html
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20121114023909/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20140802052724/http://secunia.com/advisories/50467
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20140804204333/http://secunia.com/advisories/50494
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326
- WEBhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1