Medium severity · published May 7, 2026
CVE-2026-40214
In OpenStack Cyborg before 16.0.1, the Accelerator Request (ARQ) API does not enforce project ownership at any layer
6.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In OpenStack Cyborg before 16.0.1, the Accelerator Request (ARQ) API does not enforce project ownership at any layer. The project_id column in the database is never populated (NULL for every ARQ), database queries have no project filtering, and policy checks are self-referential (the authorize_wsgi decorator compares the caller's project_id with itself rather than the target resource). Any authenticated non-admin user can complete various actions such as deleting ARQs bound to other projects' instances, aka cross-tenant denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CY
Cyborg · OpenStack
3.0.0 before 14.0.1; 15.0.0 before 15.0.1; 16.0.0 before 16.0.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40214
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40214
bugs.launchpad.net
https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-cyborg/+bug/2144056
security.openstack.org
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-011.html
www.openwall.com
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/6
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