CVE-2014-3621

Exp

The catalog url replacement in OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2013.2.3 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive configuration options via a crafted endpoint, as demonstrated by "$(admin_token)" in the publicurl endpoint field.

Published: 2014-10-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3621 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.11%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.74% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-3621

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3621

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 0.37% 2.11% +1.74%
2 2025-03-30 0.98% 0.37% -0.61%
3 2025-03-29 0.98%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3621

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3621

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3621

GHSA-8v8f-vc72-pmhc · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Identity Keystone Exposure of Sensitive Information

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3621

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3621 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-2014-3621
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3621
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3621 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (keystone), 10 status rows across 10 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 8, DNE 1, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3621

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3621

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack keystone >= 2013.2, < 2013.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack keystone >= 2014.1, < 2014.1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
redhat openstack 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3621

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