CVE-2015-3646

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2014.1.5 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.4 logs the backend_argument configuration option content, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain passwords and other sensitive backend information by reading the Keystone logs.

Affected products

OpenStack Keystone: from 2014.1 before 2014.1.5; from 2014.2.0 before 2014.2.4 — fixed in 2014.1.5, 2014.2.4
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenStack Keystone 2014.1.5, 2014.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-May/000356.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74456
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1443598
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-May/000356.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74456
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1443598

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