CVE-2022-23451: openstack barbican Incorrect Authorization
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-23451 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in openstack barbican. EPSS estimates a 1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2Timeline
- 06-09-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An authorization flaw was found in openstack-barbican. The default policy rules for the secret metadata API allowed any authenticated user to add, modify, or delete metadata from any secret regardless of ownership. This flaw allows an attacker on the network to modify or delete protected data, causing a denial of service by consuming protected resources.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
69%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 1.24% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- barbican< 1:14.0.0~rc1-2
Openstack1 product
- barbican< 14.0.0
PyPI1 product
- barbican< 14.0.0
Redhat1 product
- openstack_platform13.0 | 16.1 | 16.2
Ubuntu1 product
- barbicanAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1.1 | < 1:10.1.0-0ubuntu2.1
5 vendors · 5 products
References
16 links- storyboard.openstack.orgX Refsource MISC
Show all 16 references
- pypi.org/project/barbicanPACKAGE
