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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-1636 · published 24 September 2023

CVE-2023-1636: Openstack barbican vulnerability

Openstack · Barbican

A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Barbican containers. This vulnerability is only applicable to deployments that utilize an all-in-one configuration. Barbican containers share the same CGROUP, USER, and NET namespace with the host system and other OpenStack services. If any service is compromised, it could gain access to the data transmitted to and from Barbican.

5.0 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.48% · top 60.8% CWE-653 · CWE-653
5.0CVSS 3.1 base score
0.48%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Barbican containers. This vulnerability is only applicable to deployments that utilize an all-in-one configuration. Barbican containers share the same CGROUP, USER, and NET namespace with the host system and other OpenStack services. If any service is compromised, it could gain access to the data transmitted to and from Barbican.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1636 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2181765 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1636 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2181765 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-1636), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.