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CVE-2012-3542 Details

Description

OpenStack Keystone, as used in OpenStack Folsom before folsom-rc1 and OpenStack Essex (2012.1), allows remote attackers to add an arbitrary user to an arbitrary tenant via a request to update the user's default tenant to the administrative API. NOTE: this identifier was originally incorrectly assigned to an open redirect issue, but the correct identifier for that issue is CVE-2012-3540.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1040626	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/50467	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50494	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155	CVE	Patch
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa	CVE	Patch
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16282.html	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1	CVE
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1040626	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50467	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50494	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa	[email protected]	Patch
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16282.html	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
openstack essex	2012.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
openstack horizon	folsom-3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openstack:horizon:folsom-3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 6, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]