Bug 2482826 (CVE-2026-43000) - CVE-2026-43000 keystone: OpenStack Keystone: Privilege escalation via chained application credential impersonation and trust misuse
Summary: CVE-2026-43000 keystone: OpenStack Keystone: Privilege escalation via chained...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43000
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-28 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-04 20:06 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-28 19:01:35 UTC
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. When combined with an application credential impersonation vulnerability, an attacker with the member role on a project can escalate to admin by chaining unrestricted application credentials with Keystone trusts. The impersonated token carries the victim's identity, which passes the trustor validation check. Keystone then validates the delegated roles against the victim's actual role assignments in the database, not the roles on the requesting token. This allows the attacker to create a trust delegating the victim's admin role to themselves. The trust persists independently, and additional trusts and application credentials can be created to maintain access. All actions are logged under the victim's identity.


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