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CVE-2021-38155

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-38155 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting OpenStack Keystone versions 10.x through 19.x when the PCI DSS account locking feature is enabled. An unauthenticated attacker can confirm the existence of an account and obtain its UUID by repeatedly failing authentication attempts, which could aid in further attacks. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and high confidentiality impact, requiring no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.0.0, < 16.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0.0, < 17.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 18.0.0, < 18.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 19.0.0, < 19.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:keystone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0246 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: keystoneFixed in: 16.0.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: keystoneFixed in: 17.0.1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: keystoneFixed in: 18.0.1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: keystoneFixed in: 19.0.1
ubuntupatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-4225-97pr-rr52high

OpenStack Keystone allows information disclosure during account locking

May 24, 2022

References

launchpad.net / bugs/1688137
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00007.html
security.openstack.org / ossa/OSSA-2021-003.html
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/08/10/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory