CVE-2019-3683 keystone_json_assignment backend granted access to any project for users in user-project-map.json

High 8.8 Published Updated

Users listed in a specific configuration file were incorrectly granted full member access to all projects, allowing unauthorized resource manipulation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-3683?

CVE-2019-3683 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SUSE Openstack Cloud 8, published on 17 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The keystone-json-assignment package in SUSE Openstack Cloud 8 before commit d7888c75505465490250c00cc0ef4bb1af662f9f every user listed in the /etc/keystone/user-project-map.json was assigned full "member" role access to every project. This allowed these users to access, modify, create and delete arbitrary resources, contrary to expectations.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3683?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Hp Helion Openstack, Suse Keystone-Json-Assignment, Suse Openstack Cloud.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3683?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2019-3683 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pfwx-2ff5-2g47.

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