An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone 14 through 26 before 26.1.1, 27.0.0, 28.0.0, and 29.0.0. Restricted application credentials can create EC2 credentials. By using a restricted application credential to call the EC2 credential creation API, an authenticated user with only a reader role may obtain an EC2/S3 credential that carries the full set of the parent user's S3 permissions, effectively bypassing the role restrictions imposed on the application credential. Only deployments that use restricted application credentials in combination with the EC2/S3 compatibility API (swift3 / s3api) are affected.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4phw-6824-6cfp OpenStack Keystone: Restricted application credentials can create EC2 credentials
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Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via Restricted Application Credentials in OpenStack Keystone openstack-keystone: OpenStack Keystone: Privilege escalation through EC2 credential creation
Weaknesses CWE-266
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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Low


Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title Privilege Escalation via Restricted Application Credentials in OpenStack Keystone

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Description An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone 14 through 26 before 26.1.1, 27.0.0, 28.0.0, and 29.0.0. Restricted application credentials can create EC2 credentials. By using a restricted application credential to call the EC2 credential creation API, an authenticated user with only a reader role may obtain an EC2/S3 credential that carries the full set of the parent user's S3 permissions, effectively bypassing the role restrictions imposed on the application credential. Only deployments that use restricted application credentials in combination with the EC2/S3 compatibility API (swift3 / s3api) are affected.
First Time appeared Openstack
Openstack keystone
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openstack
Openstack keystone
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-10T13:50:43.389Z

Reserved: 2026-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-33551

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-10T03:07:01.673Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-10T03:16:02.723

Modified: 2026-04-13T15:02:06.187

Link: CVE-2026-33551

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-04-07T15:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-33551 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T16:36:44Z

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