PYSEC-2026-786

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    PYSEC-2026-786

    Published: 6 Jul 2026Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary: Barbican authorization flaw before v14.0.0

    Details: An authorization flaw was found in openstack-barbican. The default policy rules for the secret metadata API allowed any authenticated user to add, modify, or delete metadata from any secret regardless of ownership. This flaw allows an attacker on the network to modify or delete protected data, causing a denial of service by consuming protected resources.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23451, https://github.com/openstack/barbican/commit/7d270bacbe29a90a10f1855abc3b50dac0f08022, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5114, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8874, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23451, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022878, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025089, https://github.com/openstack/barbican, https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/barbican/+/811236, https://pypi.org/project/barbican, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2jg-q8hw-p7gc

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: barbican

    Purl: pkg:pypi/barbican

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -14.0.0

    Affected versions

    0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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