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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2017-12440 json

Openstack Aodh can be used to launder Keystone trusts

published 2017-08-18 9 y ago modified 2026-07-06 4 mo ago also GHSA-86cv-9gpx-6hwj , PYSEC-2026-619 , EUVD-2022-3123

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Aodh as packaged in Openstack Ocata and Newton before change-ID I8fd11a7f9fe3c0ea5f9843a89686ac06713b7851 and before Pike-rc1 does not verify that trust IDs belong to the user when creating alarm action with the scheme trust+http, which allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of trust IDs where Aodh is the trustee to obtain a Keystone token and perform unspecified authenticated actions by adding an alarm action with the scheme trust+http, and providing a trust id where Aodh is the trustee.

Patch / fix

  • pypi aodh 6.0.1
  • aodh Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.0.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12440

  • openstack-aodh openstack 11 4.0.2-3.el7ost
  • python-aodh openstack 11 4.0.2-3.el7ost
  • python-aodh-tests openstack 11 4.0.2-3.el7ost
  • openstack-aodh-api openstack 11 4.0.2-3.el7ost
  • openstack-aodh-common openstack 11 4.0.2-3.el7ost
  • openstack-aodh-compat openstack 11 4.0.2-3.el7ost
  • openstack-aodh-expirer openstack 11 4.0.2-3.el7ost
  • openstack-aodh-listener openstack 11 4.0.2-3.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0315RHSA-2017:3227

  • openstack-aodh OpenStack Cloud 7 3.0.4~a0~dev1-2.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2627-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12440 updated cvss 4.9

openstack-aodh: Aodh can be used to launder Keystone trusts

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) python-aodh, openstack-aodh-api, openstack-aodh-common, openstack-aodh-compat, openstack-aodh-expirer, openstack-aodh-listener, +2 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) python-aodh, python-aodh-tests, openstack-aodh-api, openstack-aodh-common, openstack-aodh-compat, openstack-aodh-expirer, +3 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 python-aodh 3.0.4-1.el7ost, openstack-aodh 3.0.4-1.el7ost, python-aodh-tests 3.0.4-1.el7ost, openstack-aodh-api 3.0.4-1.el7ost, openstack-aodh-common 3.0.4-1.el7ost, openstack-aodh-compat 3.0.4-1.el7ost, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3227
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 python-aodh 4.0.2-3.el7ost, openstack-aodh 4.0.2-3.el7ost, python-aodh-tests 4.0.2-3.el7ost, openstack-aodh-api 4.0.2-3.el7ost, openstack-aodh-common 4.0.2-3.el7ost, openstack-aodh-compat 4.0.2-3.el7ost, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0315
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) python-aodh, python-aodh-tests, openstack-aodh-api, openstack-aodh-common, openstack-aodh-compat, openstack-aodh-expirer, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi aodh
<6.0.1
6.0.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

Sources

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