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CVE-2022-23451
An authorization flaw was found in openstack-barbican. The default policy rules for the secret metadata API allowed any authenticated user…
High8.1EPSS 1.3%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
openstack/barbican
- affected Fixed in v14.0.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIbarbicanGHSA-p2jg-q8hw-p7gc (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025089 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022878 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://storyboard.openstack.org/#%21/story/2009253 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/barbican/+/811236 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23451 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p2jg-q8hw-p7gc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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