CVE-2014-0105
The auth_token middleware in the OpenStack Python client library for Keystone (aka python-keystoneclient) before 0.7.0 does not properly retrieve user tokens from memcache, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges in opportunistic circumstances via a large number of requests, related to an "interaction between eventlet and python-memcached."
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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0037 (0.4%)
Percentile: 58.9%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
openstack:python-keystoneclientTechnical description
The auth_token middleware in the OpenStack Python client library for Keystone (aka python-keystoneclient) before 0.7.0 does not properly retrieve user tokens from memcache, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges in opportunistic circumstances via a large number of requests, related to an "interaction between eventlet and python-memcached."
Published: 4/15/2014, 2:55:03 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0382.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0409.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/27/4
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-keystoneclient/+bug/1282865
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0382.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0409.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/27/4
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-keystoneclient/+bug/1282865