Medium severity · published Jun 23, 2026
CVE-2026-50221
In OpenStack Swift before 2.37.2, proxy-server does not strip internal update headers (X-Container-Host, X-Container-Device, X-Delete-At-Host, X-Delete-At-Device) from client…
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In OpenStack Swift before 2.37.2, proxy-server does not strip internal update headers (X-Container-Host, X-Container-Device, X-Delete-At-Host, X-Delete-At-Device) from client requests before forwarding them to object-servers. An authenticated user with write access can inject these headers to redirect container update requests to an attacker-controlled server, enabling server-side request forgery. The SSRF requests expose internal cluster metadata including storage policy indexes, partition mappings, device names, and when at rest encryption is enabled, cipher text and initialization vectors for the container-level encryption key. The attacker can also cause "ghost listings" in arbitrary containers via the shard-range redirect mechanism.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SW
Swift · OpenStack
2.0.0 before 2.35.3; 2.36.0 before 2.36.2; 2.37.0 before 2.37.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50221
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50221
Exploit
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2150261
Patch
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-024.html
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/23/5
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/23/5
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