# CVE-2026-80182: Missing authorization in Keystone

> Attackers with delegated tokens can create persistent credentials or delegations that outlive the original token, bypassing intended security restrictions in OpenStack Keystone.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80182, GHSA-964p-6x56-c2xp, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80182

## What is CVE-2026-80182?

CVE-2026-80182 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenStack Keystone, published on 25 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.3, tokens obtained via OAuth1 access token, application credential, or trust-scoped authentication could create new long-lived credentials or authorize new delegations that persist independently of, and outlive, the credential used to obtain them. The delegation restrictions that block these operations did not consistently apply to all delegated token types, allowing an OAuth1-scoped token, for example, to create application credentials or authorize OAuth1 request tokens despite those operations being restricted for other delegated token types. All Keystone deployments that permit delegated authentication through OAuth1 access tokens, application credentials, or trusts are affected.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-80182?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-80182?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-80182 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-80182 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-80182 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-80182 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenStack Keystone, published on 25 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-80182 exists.

Affected product: OpenStack Keystone. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80182/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80182/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80182
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80182
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-80182

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80182/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.