Openstack PlatformApplication · Redhat
CVE-2023-1633
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA credentials leak flaw was found in OpenStack Barbican. This flaw allows a local authenticated attacker to read the configuration file, gaining access to sensitive credentials.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOpenStack Barbican key management service contains a local credentials leak vulnerability where an authenticated attacker can read the configuration file and obtain sensitive credentials such as database passwords, API keys, or encryption material.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Openstack PlatformApplication
= 16.1= 16.2= 17.0all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Barbican is deployedCheck if the Barbican service is installed and running on the system. Look for the barbican-api process or check for the presence of Barbican configuration directories.Affected if Barbican is installed and running
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Locate Barbican configuration filesIdentify the configuration files typically found in /etc/barbican/ or the directory specified in the Barbican deployment. Common files include barbican.conf, paste.ini, or policy.yaml.Affected if Configuration files exist on the system
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Check file permissions on configuration filesRun 'ls -la' on the identified configuration files to view permission bits. Look for any permissions that allow reading by users other than the owner or root (e.g., world-readable or group-readable).Affected if Configuration files have permissions like 644, 655, or any world-readable (o+r) or group-readable (g+r) setting
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Verify credential exposure in configurationExamine the configuration files for sensitive parameters such as 'sql_connection', 'database', 'password', 'key', 'secret', or 'token' sections. Check if these contain actual credential values.Affected if Database passwords, API keys, encryption keys, or other secrets are present in configuration files and those files are accessible to non-privileged users
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Check ownership and access controlRun 'stat' on configuration files to check ownership. Use 'getfacl' or review /etc/group to determine which users or groups have access to the configuration files.Affected if Configuration files are owned by a service account but readable by additional users or groups beyond the intended service user
A user is affected if Barbican configuration files containing sensitive credentials are readable by any user other than the service owner or root.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReview and restrict file permissions on Barbican configuration files to prevent unauthorized local access, rotate any exposed credentials, and ensure configuration files are not world-readable.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-1633 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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