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CVE-2023-6110: Openstack: deleting a non existing access rule deletes another existing access rule in it's scope

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-237

Description

A flaw was found in OpenStack. When a user tries to delete a non-existing access rule in it's scope, it deletes other existing access rules which are not associated with any application credentials.

Affected products

• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1: all versions
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2: all versions
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 8: all versions — fixed in 0:5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9: all versions — fixed in 0:5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 8 0:5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost; Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9 0:5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2737
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2769
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6110
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212960
• https://code.engineering.redhat.com/gerrit/gitweb?p=python-openstackclient.git;a=commit;h=7a7c364bdd7b2cd2b56e73724110710a68d58abf
• https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/python-openstackclient/+/888697

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