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CVE-2026-42999: OpenStack Keystone has an Authorization Bypass

May 28, 2026 (updated July 2, 2026)

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone RBAC policy enforcer in enforce_call unconditionally merges the raw JSON request body into the policy enforcement dictionary via policy_dict.update(json_input.copy()), overwriting trusted target data that was previously set from database lookups. Because flask.request.get_json is called with force=True, this works regardless of Content-Type or HTTP method. Any authenticated user can inject arbitrary policy target attributes (e.g., user_id, project_id) into the request body to bypass RBAC checks and perform unauthorized operations on resources belonging to other users or projects. This was introduced in commit 5ea59f52 (Rocky/14.0.0).

References

  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42999
  • bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148398
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482840
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2r23-2g6v-2m5f
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2026-600.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42999
  • security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42999.json
  • security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 14.0.0 before 27.0.2, all versions starting from 28.0.0 before 28.0.2, all versions starting from 29.0.0 before 29.0.2

Fixed versions

  • 27.0.2
  • 28.0.2
  • 29.0.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 27.0.2, 28.0.2, 29.0.2 or above.

Impact 6 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Source file

pypi/keystone/CVE-2026-42999.yml

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