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CVE-2014-3621

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-10-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The catalog url replacement in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2013.2.3 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive configuration options via a crafted endpoint, as demonstrated by "$(admin_token)" in the publicurl endpoint field.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04
• OpenStack Keystone: from 2013.2 before 2013.2.3; from 2014.1 before 2014.1.2.1 — fixed in 2013.2.3, 2014.1.2.1
• OpenStack: 5.0, 4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenStack Keystone 2013.2.3, 2014.1.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1688.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1789.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1790.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/10
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2406-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1354208
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1688.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1789.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1790.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/16/10
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2406-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1354208

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