High severity · published May 1, 2026
CVE-2026-43001
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2
8.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. POST /v3/credentials did not validate that the caller-supplied project_id for an EC2-type credential matched the project of the authenticating application credential. This allowed an attacker holding an unrestricted application credential for project A to create an EC2 credential targeting project B; a subsequent /v3/ec2tokens exchange would then issue a Keystone token scoped to project B while still carrying the original app_cred_id, enabling cross-project lateral movement within the credential owner's role footprint.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Keystone · OpenStack
14.0.0 before 27.0.2; 28.0.0 before 28.0.2; 29.0.0 before 29.0.2 · source: vendor, NVD
RH
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift 18.0 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43001
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43001
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2149775
Patch
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/keystone/+/985804
Patch
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39808
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54757
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43001
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