CVE-2016-4911
MEDIUM4.3EPSS 0.30%OpenStack Identity Keystone Improper Access Control
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The Fernet Token Provider in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 9.0.x before 9.0.1 (mitaka) allows remote authenticated users to prevent revocation of a chain of tokens and bypass intended access restrictions by rescoping a token.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/keystonefrom 0, < 2:9.0.0-2
- PyPI/keystone>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.1
- PyPI/keystone>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References (13)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4911
- ADVISORYhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/311886/
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4911
- ADVISORYhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90728
- PATCHhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1577558
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/0d376025bae61bf5ee19d992c7f336b99ac69240
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/ee1dc941042d1f71699971c5c30566af1b348572
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2016-38.yaml
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/311886
- WEBhttps://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-008.html
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/10
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/11