{"id":"CVE-2012-3542","aliases":["GHSA-gf2q-j2qq-pjf2","PYSEC-2012-19"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3542","summary":"OpenStack Keystone Allows Remote User Account Creation","details":"OpenStack 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.","published":"2012-09-05T23:55:02Z","modified":"2026-05-28T14:29:19.542364193Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"keystone","fixedVersion":"2012.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155","label":"openstack/keystone@5438d3b"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50467"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50494"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1552-1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/5438d3b5a219d7c8fa67e66e538d325a61617155"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/openstack/keystone/commit/c13d0ba606f7b2bdc609a7f388334e5efec3f3aa"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/30/6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55326"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1040626"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16282.html"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-05-28T14:29:19.542364193Z"}}