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CVE-2026-50221

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS 4.0
Description
In OpenStack Swift before 2.37.2, proxy-server does not strip internal update headers (X-Container-Host, X-Container-Device, X-Delete-At-Host, X-Delete-At-Device) from client requests before forwarding them to object-servers. An authenticated user with write access can inject these headers to redirect container update requests to an attacker-controlled server, enabling server-side request forgery. The SSRF requests expose internal cluster metadata including storage policy indexes, partition mappings, device names, and when at rest encryption is enabled, cipher text and initialization vectors for the container-level encryption key. The attacker can also cause "ghost listings" in arbitrary containers via the shard-range redirect mechanism.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-50221
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Reserved
2026-06-04 04:51 UTC
Published
2026-06-23 17:03 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-23 17:38 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-918
CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Vendor / Product
OpenStack / Swift
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.3 MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
OpenStack Swift 2.0.0 < 2.35.3, 2.36.0 < 2.36.2, 2.37.0 < 2.37.2
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-918 cna CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.3 MEDIUM 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
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