CVE-2022-23452

An authorization flaw was found in openstack-barbican, where anyone with an admin role could add secrets to a different project container. This flaw allows an attacker on the network to consume protected resources and cause a denial of service.

Published: 2022-09-01 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-23452 is rated Moderate Risk (40.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.98%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-23452

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 0.42% 0.98% +0.56%
2 2025-12-15 0.33% 0.42% +0.10%
3 2025-12-09 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-23452

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.2 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-23452

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-23452

GHSA-6p2h-rjj7-2j63 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — openstack-barbican Denial of Service vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-23452

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-23452 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (barbican), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23452
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23452
suse medium CVE-2022-23452 severity moderate: SUSE including 65 source package names (ardana-barbican-9.0+git.1644879908.8a641c1-3.13.1, grafana-6.7.4-3.26.1, …), 117 product×package rows across 5 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 99, Will Not Fix 18. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23452/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-23452 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (barbican), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, not-affected 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23452

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-23452

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openstack barbican < 14.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:openstack:barbican:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack_platform 16.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-23452

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