CVE-2022-23451

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 6, 2022 at 05:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:30 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenStack PlatformBarbican

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

An authorization flaw was found in openstack-barbican. The default policy rules for the secret metadata API allowed any authenticated user to add, modify, or delete metadata from any secret regardless of ownership. This flaw allows an attacker on the network to modify or delete protected data, causing a denial of service by consuming protected resources.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 14.0.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 14.0.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23451
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022878
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025089

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863

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