Improper Authorization in barbican - CVE-2022-23452

Vulnerability identifier: #VU62576

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23452

CWE-ID: CWE-285

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform unauthorized actions within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization checks. A remote user with admin role can add secrets to a different project container. This flaw allows an attacker on the network to consume protected resources and cause a denial of service.

barbican
Red Hat OpenStack
Ubuntu
python-barbican (Ubuntu package)
openstack-barbican (Red Hat package)
python3-barbican (Ubuntu package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

barbican - update to 14.0.0
Red Hat OpenStack - addressed in versions 16.1.9, 16.2.3
python-barbican (Ubuntu package) - update to 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1.1
openstack-barbican (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 9.0.1-1.20220916133702.07be198.el8ost, 9.0.2-2.20220122185348.c718783.el8ost
python3-barbican (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:10.1.0-0ubuntu2.1, 2:13.0.0-0ubuntu1.2

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025090
• https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2009297

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Openstack barbican
• Ubuntu update for barbican
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform update for Barbican
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 update for openstack-barbican