---
id: CVE-2023-1633
aliases:
  - GHSA-6qqp-4vm3-359v
  - PYSEC-2026-1213
title: OpenStack Barbican credential leak flaw
summary: OpenStack Barbican credential leak flaw
severity: medium
cvss: 6.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L'
vendor: barbican
product: barbican
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - barbican <= 16.0.0
published: '2023-09-24'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6qqp-4vm3-359v'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1633'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1633'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2181761'
  - url: 'https://github.com/openstack/barbican'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00193
epssPercentile: 0.09231
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:46.514Z'
---

## Overview

A credentials leak flaw was found in OpenStack Barbican. This flaw allows a local authenticated attacker to read the configuration file, gaining access to sensitive credentials.

## Affected packages

- `barbican <= 16.0.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.