Vulnerability in keystone (CVE-2026-40683)
Summary
Vulnerability in keystone (CVE-2026-40683). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 28.0.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In OpenStack Keystone before 28.0.1, the LDAP identity backend does not convert the user enabled attribute to a boolean when the user_enabled_invert configuration option is False (the default). The _ldap_res_to_model method in the UserApi class only performed string-to-boolean conversion when user_enabled_invert was True. When False, the raw string value from LDAP (e.g., "FALSE") was used directly. Since non-empty strings are truthy in Python, users marked as disabled in LDAP were treated as enabled by Keystone, allowing them to authenticate and perform actions. All deployments using the LDAP identity backend without user_enabled_invert=True or user_enabled_emulation are affected.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-40683 has been found in keystone.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.7/10.
What to do: upgrade keystone to 28.0.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "keystone CVE-2026-40683" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-40683 (keystone) — CWE-843 / CVSS v3 7.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 28.0.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-843) exists in keystone.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of keystone.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.7/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 28.0.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'keystone' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'keystone' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
keystoneを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade keystone to 28.0.1ステージング環境で 28.0.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40683 keystone Fixed in: 2:18.1.0-1+deb11u3
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40683 keystone
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web openwall.com