CVE-2014-0105· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

The auth_token middleware in the OpenStack Python client library for Keystone (aka python-keystoneclient) before 0.7.0 does not properly ret

The auth_token middleware in the OpenStack Python client library for Keystone (aka python-keystoneclient) before 0.7.0 does not properly retrieve user tokens from memcache, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges in opportunistic circumstances via a large number of requests, related to an "interaction between eventlet and python-memcached."

MediumCVSS 6.0 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available

Published: Apr 15, 2014
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 1.1% · 64th percentile
CWE: CWE-255

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CVSS: 24 / 40 · 6.0 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 1.1%

Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
openstack	python-keystoneclient	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:python-keystoneclient

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

openstack python-keystoneclientup to 0.4.2 inclusive
openstack python-keystoneclient0.2.2
openstack python-keystoneclient0.2.3
openstack python-keystoneclient0.2.4
openstack python-keystoneclient0.3.0
openstack python-keystoneclient0.3.1
openstack python-keystoneclient0.3.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:12	keystone	before 2013.1.1-2	2013.1.1-2
Debian:12	python-keystoneclient	before 1:0.6.0-4	1:0.6.0-4
PyPI	python-keystoneclient	before 0.7.0	0.7.0
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6	python-keystoneclient	before 1:0.2.3-8.el6ost	1:0.2.3-8.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:3::el6	python-keystoneclient-doc	before 1:0.2.3-8.el6ost	1:0.2.3-8.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	python-keystoneclient	before 1:0.7.1-2.el6ost	1:0.7.1-2.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	python-keystoneclient-doc	before 1:0.7.1-2.el6ost	1:0.7.1-2.el6ost
Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	python-six	before 0:1.5.2-1.el6	0:1.5.2-1.el6

Same product

openstack: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2013-2167python-keystoneclient version 0.2.3 to 0.2.5 has middleware memcache signing bypass
40Plan
CVE-2013-2166python-keystoneclient version 0.2.3 to 0.2.5 has middleware memcache encryption bypass
40Plan
CVE-2013-2104python-keystoneclient before 0.2.4, as used in OpenStack Keystone (Folsom), does not properly check expiry for PKI tokens, which allows remo
23Monitor
CVE-2013-2013The user-password-update command in python-keystoneclient before 0.2.4 accepts the new password in the --password argument, which allows loc
8Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
debian:keystone	2013.1.1-2 · Debian:12	Package registry (OSV)
debian:python-keystoneclient	1:0.6.0-4 · Debian:12	Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:python-keystoneclient	0.7.0	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:python-keystoneclient	1:0.7.1-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:python-keystoneclient-doc	1:0.7.1-2.el6ost · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:python-six	0:1.5.2-1.el6 · Red Hat:openstack:4::el6	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

If successful

Confidentiality: P · data can be read
Integrity: P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: P · the service can be disrupted

Attack complexity: M
Confidentiality impact: P
Integrity impact: P
Availability impact: P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-255 · Credentials Management Errors

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

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References

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