CVE-2016-4911

medium
Published 2016-06-13 · Modified 2024-11-25
CVSS v3
4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
4.3

Description

The Fernet Token Provider in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 9.0.x before 9.0.1 (mitaka) allows remote authenticated users to prevent revocation of a chain of tokens and bypass intended access restrictions by rescoping a token.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
53%
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-2016-4911

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-008.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://review.openstack.org/#/c/311886/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1577558

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2:9.0.0-2
debian debianbullseyefixed2:9.0.0-2
debian debianforkyfixed2:9.0.0-2
debian debiansidfixed2:9.0.0-2
debian debiantrixiefixed2:9.0.0-2

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIkeystone>=9.0.0,<9.0.19.0.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
keystoneopenstack_identity9.0.0.0

References

CWEs

CWE-284

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