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CVE-2026-42998
medium
CVSS 6.0
Authorization Flaw in keystone (CVE-2026-42998)
Summary
vulnerability in keystone (CVE-2026-42998). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `29.0.2` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2026-42998** has been found in keystone.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.0/10.
What to do: upgrade keystone to **29.0.2** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "keystone CVE-2026-42998" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-42998 (keystone) — CWE-863 / CVSS v3 6.0
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: `29.0.2` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**incorrect authorization** (CWE-863) exists in keystone.
📍 Affected scope
keystone — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.0/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **29.0.2**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'keystone' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'keystone' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `keystone` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade keystone to 29.0.2ステージング環境で 29.0.2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
pip
keystone
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"29.0.2"}]}]
References
- web https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148477
- web https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42998
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8f8m-wrvr-wcvf
- web https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2026-599.yaml