4.9

CVE-2022-23452: openstack barbican Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 4.9v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-6p2h-rjj7-2j63PYSEC-2026-785UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23452
Published 01-09-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-23452 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in openstack barbican. EPSS estimates a 1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
RHSA-2022:5114RHSA-2022:8874SUSE-SU-2022:1729-1USN-5387-1

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An authorization flaw was found in openstack-barbican, where anyone with an admin role could add secrets to a different project container. This flaw allows an attacker on the network to consume protected resources and cause a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • barbican< 1:14.0.0~rc1-2
Openstack1 product
PyPI1 product
  • barbican< 14.0.0
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • barbican< 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1.1 | < 1:10.1.0-0ubuntu2.1

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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