CVE-2012-3426
OpenStack Keystone before 2012.1.1, as used in OpenStack Folsom before Folsom-1 and OpenStack Essex, does not properly implement token expiration, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions by (1) creating new tokens through token chaining, (2) leveraging possession of a token for a disabled user account, or (3) leveraging possession of a token for an account with a changed password.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0015)
- Published
- July 31, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0015 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openstack / essex
- openstack / horizon
- openstack / keystone
- openstack / keystone
References
- http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/29e74e73a6e51cffc0371b32354558391826a4aa
- http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/375838cfceb88cacc312ff6564e64eb18ee6a355(Patch)
- http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/628149b3dc6b58b91fd08e6ca8d91c728ccb8626(Exploit, Patch)
- http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/a67b24878a6156eab17b9098fa649f0279256f5d
- http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/d9600434da14976463a0bd03abd8e0309f0db454
- http://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/ea03d05ed5de0c015042876100d37a6a14bf56de(Exploit, Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50045
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50494
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/27/4(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/996595
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/997194
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/998185
- https://launchpad.net/keystone/essex/2012.1.1/+download/keystone-2012.1.1.tar.gz(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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