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OpenStack Blazar EUVDEUVD-2026-83275

| CVE-2026-93854 HIGH
Comparison Using Wrong Factors (CWE-1025)
2026-09-18 mitre GHSA-4rvg-j972-3xw2
7.2
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: mitre
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain valid tenant credentials
  2. Delivery
    Discover target lease UUID
  3. Exploit
    Send PUT/DELETE to /v2/leases/{id}
  4. Execution
    authorize() target resolves to None
  5. Persist
    Ownership check falls back to attacker identity
  6. Impact
    Modify or delete other tenants' leases

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires (1) any valid authenticated OpenStack account with access to the Blazar API (PR:L - not anonymous), (2) a deployment running Blazar before 17.0.1 exposing the V2 lease API, and (3) knowledge of a target lease ID (a UUID that can be obtained or guessed). The limiting factors are the need for a foothold credential on the cloud and the requirement that the operator actually deploys the optional Blazar reservation component; no user interaction, no special non-default configuration, and no elevated privileges are needed once authenticated. The scope is confined to lease objects (modify/delete), not arbitrary code execution.

Impact

This is a genuine, high-priority authorization flaw despite the absence of exploitation telemetry. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H, base 7.2) is internally consistent with the description: a network-reachable REST endpoint, no attack requirements, and only a valid low-privilege OpenStack account needed (PR:L). No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are provided, so there is no signal of active exploitation - this is a disclosed-but-not-yet-weaponized issue. However, the vulnerability class (broken object-level authorization / IDOR, where the authz target silently falls back to the attacker's own identity) is trivially exploitable with nothing more than curl and a known lease ID, so a low EPSS should not be read as low real risk. Two data-quality caveats: the assigned CWE-1025 ('Comparison Using Wrong Factors') poorly captures the defect, which is really CWE-639/CWE-862 (authorization bypass through a user-controlled key / missing authorization); and the 'Authentication Bypass' tag is misleading because the attacker is fully authenticated - this is an authorization, not authentication, bypass. Confidentiality is correctly rated N since only update/delete are affected, but integrity and availability of other tenants' reservations are directly at stake.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated OpenStack tenant enumerates or guesses a lease UUID belonging to another project and issues DELETE /v2/leases/{lease_id} or PUT /v2/leases/{lease_id} against the Blazar V2 API. Because the policy target loads under the wrong keyword and resolves to None, the check compares the lease against the attacker's own project_id/user_id and passes, allowing the attacker to cancel or modify reservations they do not own. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, but exploitation requires only a standard API call.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 18, 2026

Missing object-level authorization in the OpenStack Blazar V2 lease API allows any authenticated user to modify or delete leases belonging to other users and projects if they know the target lease UUID. The defect affects Blazar releases before 17.0.1 and arises because the oslo.policy authorize() wrapper resolves the wrong request parameter, so the ownership check silently degrades into comparing the requester against their own project_id and user_id and therefore always passes. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and exploitation requires a valid cloud credential plus a deployment that actually runs the optional reservation service, but the integrity and availability impact on lease objects is high because reservations underpin the scheduled resource allocations of other tenants.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to OpenStack Blazar 17.0.1 or later, which is the first version identified in the input data as containing the object-level authorization fix for the V2 lease API; the release is tracked by the Launchpad bug at https://launchpad.net/bugs/2162719. Vendor-released patch: 17.0.1. Until the upgrade can be scheduled, reduce exposure by constraining who can reach the Blazar API at all - bind the service endpoints to management networks and grant the reservation role only through Keystone policy overrides to projects that genuinely need reservations, accepting that this is a coarse control and offers no protection if a low-privilege tenant already holds the role. Operators who do not use reservations can disable the Blazar API service and remove its endpoints from the service catalog outright, at the cost of losing the feature. Because the authorization failure is silent and writes no policy-denial log line, add monitoring that compares the authenticated token's project against the lease owner recorded in the Blazar database for every PUT and DELETE against /v2/leases/{lease_id}, and retrospectively review recent cross-project lease modifications for abuse. These compensating controls only narrow the window and do not remove the underlying defect, so the upgrade should be treated as mandatory.

Affected VersionsENISA

Blazar 17.0.0 <17.0.1
Blazar 16.0.0 <16.0.1
Blazar 1.0.0 <15.1.1

Affected Packages

euvd blazar fix: 15.1.1, 16.0.1, 17.0.1

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

OpenStack Blazar is the reservation-as-a-service component of OpenStack, and its REST surface is implemented with Pecan plus the WSME extension (wsme_pecan.wsexpose), with authorization decisions delegated to oslo.policy's authorize() wrapper. To perform per-object authorization the wrapper must first load the target lease so that the policy target can be populated with that lease's owner project_id and user_id. In the V2 lease controller the vulnerable update and delete methods name their path parameter 'id', while the authorize() wrapper requests the value under the key 'lease_id'; because the wsexpose decorator additionally injects the argument positionally, the keyword lookup returns None rather than the requested lease. The wrapper then falls back to the requesting user's own token context, so the comparison is effectively made between the caller and themselves - this is CWE-1025 (Comparison Using Wrong Factors) and manifests as a textbook broken object level authorization (BOLA/IDOR) condition on PUT /v2/leases/{lease_id} and DELETE /v2/leases/{lease_id}. The failure is silent: no exception is raised and no policy-denial entry is logged, which means the misconfiguration-shaped bug produces no natural detection signal. The supplied CPE data (cpe:2.3:a:openstack:blazar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) indicates all releases prior to 17.0.1 are in scope, and the assessed CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H reflects network reachability, low attack complexity, a requirement for an authenticated foothold, no user interaction, and complete loss of integrity and availability for lease objects without scope change.

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Severity by source

Vendor (mitre) PRIMARY 7.2 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 8.1 HIGH

Network REST endpoint reachable by any low-privilege authenticated tenant (PR:L, AC:L, no UI); attacker can modify and delete other tenants' leases (I:H/A:H) but cannot read them (C:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).

CVSS VectorVendor: mitre

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Sep 18, 2026 - 20:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 18, 2026 - 18:57 cve.org
HIGH 7.2

DescriptionCVE.org

In OpenStack Blazar before 17.0.1, the V2 lease API does not enforce object-level authorization on its update and delete operations (PUT /v2/leases/{lease_id} and DELETE /v2/leases/{lease_id}). The policy authorize() wrapper attempts to load the target lease to build the authorization target from its owner, but it looks up the lease under the keyword "lease_id" whereas the controller methods name the parameter "id" (and the wsme_pecan.wsexpose wrapper delivers it positionally). The lookup returns None, and thus authorization falls back to the requesting user's own project_id/user_id instead of the target lease owner. Any authenticated user who knows a lease ID can therefore modify or delete leases belonging to other users and projects, bypassing the intended ownership check.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

OpenStack Blazar, the optional reservation service, contains a multi-tenant authorization flaw (CVE-2026-93854) that allows any user with a valid cloud credential to modify or delete other tenants' leases, impacting scheduled resource allocations. This undermines tenant isolation and could disrupt critical workloads, eroding trust in the cloud platform. Leadership should prioritize mitigation because the vulnerability affects integrity and availability across projects, even though no public exploit has been identified.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: disable the optional Blazar reservation service if not in use; restrict API access to trusted networks; enable detailed audit logging and alerting for lease modifications; enforce least-privilege IAM policies; monitor for anomalous lease operations; apply upstream patch if available.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 85% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
Blazar is an optional OpenStack reservation service, niche within an already-specialized IaaS stack
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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