CVE-2017-12440

Published: Aug 18, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-306

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Aodh as packaged in Openstack Ocata and Newton before change-ID I8fd11a7f9fe3c0ea5f9843a89686ac06713b7851 and before Pike-rc1 does not verify that trust IDs belong to the user when creating alarm action with the scheme trust+http, which allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of trust IDs where Aodh is the trustee to obtain a Keystone token and perform unspecified authenticated actions by adding an alarm action with the scheme trust+http, and providing a trust id where Aodh is the trustee.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-306

Affected Products

package-ecosystem

oss-project·USaka openstack foundation

openstackOn-prem

Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossn/+bug/1649333

bugs.launchpad.net

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/493826/

review.openstack.org

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/493823/

review.openstack.org

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