CVE-2013-0282 OpenStack Keystone allows context-dependent attackers to bypass access restrictions

What is CVE-2013-0282?

CVE-2013-0282 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Apr 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenStack Keystone Grizzly before 2013.1, Folsom 2012.1.3 and earlier, and Essex does not properly check if the (1) user, (2) tenant, or (3) domain is enabled when using EC2-style authentication, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass access restrictions.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0282?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including keystone and Keystone. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openstack Keystone.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0282?

Upgrade keystone to 8.0.0a0 or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2013-0282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2020-12690 Insufficient Session Expiration in OpenStack Keystone High 8.8
• CVE-2019-19687 OpenStack Keystone Credential Leakage High 8.8
• CVE-2026-43001 OpenStack Keystone has an Incorrect Authorization Issue High 7.9
• CVE-2014-2828 OpenStack Identity (Keystone) DoS through V3 API authentication chaining High 7.8
• CVE-2021-38155 OpenStack Keystone allows information disclosure during account locking High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0282, GHSA-8833-qrvm-wc3h, PYSEC-2026-652.