CVE-2012-5571

CVE-2012-5571CVE-2012-5571

openstack / essex

Description

A flaw was found in OpenStack Keystone. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended authorization restrictions. This occurs because OpenStack Keystone does not properly handle EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) tokens when a user's role has been removed from a tenant. An attacker can leverage a token associated with a removed user role to gain unauthorized access.

Scoring

CVSS 5.4 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Last modified2026-10-30
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.