CVE-2026-42998

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 77% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone application credential authentication plugin does not verify that the user supplied in the authentication request matches the owner of the application credential. An attacker can authenticate with their own application credential ID and secret while specifying a different user's name and domain in the request body. Keystone issues a token attributed to the victim user. The impersonated token is project-scoped and carries the intersection of the application credential's roles and the victim's actual roles on the project. This enables audit evasion, reading the victim's credentials, and acting as the victim within shared projects.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 28, 2026

Last Modified

June 2, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 9, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

OSSA-2026-015: Multiple credential delegation and authorization bypass vulnerabilities in Keystone — OpenStack Security Advisories 0.0.1.dev342 documentation

https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-015.html
generic

Bug #2148477 “[OSSA-2026-015] Impersonation via application cred...” : Bugs : OpenStack Identity (keystone)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/2148477

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-42998(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3-keystone (2:29.0.0-0ubuntu1.2) @ resolute2026-07-11ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
keystone14.0.0 ... 29.0.1 (54 versions)29.0.2—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-07-27 09:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-07-11 22:35 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-07-01 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  27. 2026-06-24 23:10 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-06-24 23:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-06-17 20:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  43. 2026-06-16 21:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-06-09 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-06-08 23:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
  61. 2026-06-08 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-06-04 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-42998?
CVE-2026-42998 is a high vulnerability published on May 28, 2026. An issue was discovered in OpenStack Keystone before 29.0.2. The Keystone application credential authentication plugin does not verify that the user supplied in the authentication request matches the owner of the application credential. An attacker can authenticate with their own application…
When was CVE-2026-42998 disclosed?
CVE-2026-42998 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 28, 2026, with the most recent update on June 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-42998 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-42998 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 77.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-42998?
CVE-2026-42998 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-42998?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-42998, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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