VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-12689
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-05-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 15.0.1, and 16.0.0. Any user authenticated within a limited scope (trust/oauth/application credential) can create an EC2 credential with an escalated permission, such as obtaining admin while the user is on a limited viewer role. This potentially allows a malicious user to act as the admin on a project another user has the admin role on, which can effectively grant that user global admin privileges.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-269
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory