CVE-2014-5252

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The V3 API in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 2014.1.x before 2014.1.2.1 and Juno before Juno-3 updates the issued_at value for UUID v2 tokens, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass the token expiration and retain access via a verification (1) GET or (2) HEAD request to v3/auth/tokens/.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04
OpenStack Keystone: 2014.1, 2014.1.2, juno-1, juno-2

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1121.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1122.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/6
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2324-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1348820
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1121.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1122.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/6
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2324-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1348820

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