CVE-2015-7546

high
Published 2016-02-03 · Modified 2024-04-29
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The identity service in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2015.1.3 (Kilo) and 8.0.x before 8.0.2 (Liberty) and keystonemiddleware (formerly python-keystoneclient) before 1.5.4 (Kilo) and Liberty before 2.3.3 does not properly invalidate authorization tokens when using the PKI or PKIZ token providers, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and gain access to cloud resources by manipulating byte fields within a revoked token.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7546

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0062

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-005.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7546.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:9.0.0~rc2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:9.0.0~rc2-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:9.0.0~rc2-1
debian debiansidfixed2:9.0.0~rc2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:9.0.0~rc2-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIkeystone>=9.0.0.0b1,<9.0.0.0b29.0.0.0b2
python PyPIkeystonemiddleware>=2.4.0,<4.1.04.1.0
python PyPIkeystone>=8.0,<8.1.08.1.0
python PyPIkeystonemiddleware<1.5.41.5.4
python PyPIkeystonemiddleware>=1.6.0,<2.3.32.3.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openstackkeystonemiddleware{"startIncluding":"1.5.0","endIncluding":"1.5.3"}
openstackkeystone{"startIncluding":"8.0.0","endExcluding":"8.0.2"}8.0.2

References

CWEs

CWE-522

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.