CVE-2026-43000

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 01:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsKeystoneOpenStack Platform

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

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

14.0.0 ≤ v < 27.0.228.0.0 ≤ v < 28.0.229.0.0 ≤ v < 29.0.214.0.028.0.029.0.0
Affected range stops below 27.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 28.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 29.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (5)

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148477
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43000
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482826

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863CWE-266

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