# CVE-2017-12440: Aodh as packaged in Openstack Ocata and Newton before change-ID I8fd11a7f9fe3c0ea5f9843a89686ac06713b7851 and before Pike-rc1 does not verif

- Also known as: GHSA-86CV-9GPX-6HWJ, PYSEC-2026-619
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.1
- Published: 2017-08-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- aodh (PyPI): fixed in 6.0.1

## Description

Aodh as packaged in Openstack Ocata and Newton before change-ID I8fd11a7f9fe3c0ea5f9843a89686ac06713b7851 and before Pike-rc1 does not verify that trust IDs belong to the user when creating alarm action with the scheme trust+http, which allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of trust IDs where Aodh is the trustee to obtain a Keystone token and perform unspecified authenticated actions by adding an alarm action with the scheme trust+http, and providing a trust id where Aodh is the trustee.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, aodh, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossn/+bug/1649333
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/493826/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/493823/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100455
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3953
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3227
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0315
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/493824/

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