---
id: CVE-2015-3646
aliases:
  - GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w
  - PYSEC-2026-655
title: OpenStack Keystone Logs Passwords
summary: OpenStack Keystone Logs Passwords
severity: medium
vendor: keystone
product: keystone
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - 'keystone >= 2011.3, < 2014.1.5'
  - 'keystone >= 2014.2, < 2014.2.4'
patched:
  - keystone 2014.1.5
  - keystone 2014.2.4
published: '2022-05-13'
updated: '2026-07-06'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jwpw-ppj5-7h4w'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3646'
  - url: 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1443598'
  - url: 'https://github.com/openstack/keystone'
  - url: >-
      https://web.archive.org/web/20210122154200/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74456
  - url: >-
      http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-May/000356.html
  - url: >-
      http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.0288
epssPercentile: 0.86249
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:50.895Z'
---

## Overview

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2014.1.5 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.4 logs the backend_argument configuration option content, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain passwords and other sensitive backend information by reading the Keystone logs.

## Affected packages

- `keystone >= 2011.3, < 2014.1.5`
- `keystone >= 2014.2, < 2014.2.4`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `keystone 2014.1.5`
- `keystone 2014.2.4`