CVE-2014-5253

OpenStack Identity (Keystone) 2014.1.x before 2014.1.2.1 and Juno before Juno-3 does not properly revoke tokens when a domain is invalidated, which allows remote authenticated users to retain access via a domain-scoped token for that domain.

Published: 2014-08-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-5253 is rated Moderate Risk (45.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.49%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.22% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5253

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 0.27% 1.49% +1.22%
2 2025-03-30 0.74% 0.27% -0.47%
3 2025-03-29 0.74%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5253

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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:N)
No availability impact.
6.8 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5253

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-5253

GHSA-77w8-qv8m-386h · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — OpenStack Keystone Domain-scoped tokens don't get revoked

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5253

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-5253 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-2014-5253
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5253
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5253 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (keystone), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 2, DNE 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5253

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5253

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack keystone 2014.1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2014.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack keystone 2014.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:2014.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack keystone juno-1 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:juno-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openstack keystone juno-2 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:juno-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5253

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