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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-6110 json

Openstack: deleting a non existing access rule deletes another existing access rule in it's scope

published 2024-11-17 23 mo ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-2ppf-2m6f-6v6f , PYSEC-2026-1853 , EUVD-2024-3179

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in OpenStack. When a user tries to delete a non-existing access rule in it's scope, it deletes other existing access rules which are not associated with any application credentials.

Patch / fix

  • pypi python-openstackclient 6.3.0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 8 0:5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9 0:5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost
  • python-openstackclient Debian 14, Debian 13 6.3.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6110

  • python-openstackclient Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.2.0-0ubuntu1.20.04.2
  • python-openstackclient Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.8.0-0ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6110

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  • python-openstackclient openstack 17.1 5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost
  • python3-openstackclient openstack 17.1 5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost
  • python-openstackclient-lang openstack 17.1 5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost
  • python-openstackclient openstack 17.1 5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost
  • python3-openstackclient openstack 17.1 5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost
  • python-openstackclient-lang openstack 17.1 5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:2769RHSA-2024:2737

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-2023-6110 updated cvss 5.5

openstack: deleting a non existing access rule deletes another existing access rule in it's scope

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 python3-keystone, openstack-keystone Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 python3-keystone, openstack-keystone
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0 python3-keystone, openstack-keystone
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 openstack-keystone
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 python-openstackclient 5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost, python-openstackclient 5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost, python3-openstackclient 5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost, python3-openstackclient 5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost, python-openstackclient-lang 5.5.2-17.1.20230829210830.el9ost, python-openstackclient-lang 5.5.2-17.1.20230829213816.el8ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2769

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
GitHub 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi python-openstackclient
<6.3.0
6.3.0

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.0
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-237 Improper Handling of Structural Elements

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.