{"id":"CVE-2012-3542","aliases":["GHSA-gf2q-j2qq-pjf2","PYSEC-2012-19"],"title":"OpenStack Keystone Allows Remote User Account Creation","summary":"OpenStack Keystone Allows Remote User Account Creation","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","vendor":"keystone","product":"keystone","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["keystone < 2012.1"],"patched":["keystone 2012.1"],"published":"2022-05-17","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T03:49:33.568666377Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gf2q-j2qq-pjf2","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3542"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1040626"},{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/keystone"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/keystone/PYSEC-2012-19.yaml"},{"url":"https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16282.html"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20121114023909/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20140802052724/http://secunia.com/advisories/50467"},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20140804204333/http://secunia.com/advisories/50494"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.025,"epssPercentile":0.83889,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-12T03:13:01.695Z","slug":"CVE-2012-3542","body":"## Overview\n\nOpenStack Keystone, as used in OpenStack Folsom before folsom-rc1 and OpenStack Essex (2012.1), allows remote attackers to add an arbitrary user to an arbitrary tenant via a request to update the user's default tenant to the administrative API.  NOTE: this identifier was originally incorrectly assigned to an open redirect issue, but the correct identifier for that issue is CVE-2012-3540.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `keystone < 2012.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `keystone 2012.1`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":42,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.5,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}