Critical severity9.9NVD Advisory· Published Jan 19, 2026· Updated Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-22797
CVE-2026-22797
Description
An issue was discovered in OpenStack keystonemiddleware 10.5 through 10.7 before 10.7.2, 10.8 and 10.9 before 10.9.1, and 10.10 through 10.12 before 10.12.1. The external_oauth2_token middleware fails to sanitize incoming authentication headers before processing OAuth 2.0 tokens. By sending forged identity headers such as X-Is-Admin-Project, X-Roles, or X-User-Id, an authenticated attacker may escalate privileges or impersonate other users. All deployments using the external_oauth2_token middleware are affected.
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Affected products
2- Range: <10.7.2, <10.9.1, <10.12.1
- osv-coordsRange: < 10.12.0-2.1
Patches
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References
14- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/15/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/16/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/16/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/16/9nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3402nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3855nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4434nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5133nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5907nvd
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22797nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- launchpad.net/bugs/2129018nvd
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-22797.jsonnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/16/9nvd
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