CVE-2014-0204

Exp

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2014.1.1 does not properly handle when a role is assigned to a group that has the same ID as a user, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges that are assigned to a group with the same ID.

Published: 2014-11-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0204 is rated High Exploit Risk (66/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.39%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-0204

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0204

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.35% 1.39% +1.03%
2 2025-07-19 0.30% 0.35% +0.05%
3 2025-03-30 0.30%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0204

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0204

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-0204

GHSA-c4p9-87h3-7vr4 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Identity Keystone Improper Privilege Management

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0204

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-0204 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (keystone), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0204
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0204
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0204 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (keystone), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream): DNE 2, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0204

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0204

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack keystone >= 2014.1, < 2014.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0204

URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/21/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1309228 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/94396/ Patch Third Party Advisory
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