CVE-2023-1636
Incomplete container isolation
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Incomplete container isolation
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-1636- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-653
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2450
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.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2450- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6rx9-c2rh-3qv4
OpenStack Barbican information disclosure vulnerability
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.
- Record
GHSA-6rx9-c2rh-3qv4- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-1636- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-653
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Incomplete container isolation
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-1636- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-653
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-6rx9-c2rh-3qv4
OpenStack Barbican information disclosure vulnerability
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.
- Record
GHSA-6rx9-c2rh-3qv4- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-1214
OpenStack Barbican information disclosure vulnerability
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.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-1214- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
barbicanPyPI |
through 16.0.0 | None known |
barbicanPyPI |
through 16.0.0, plus listed versions 10.0.010.0.0.0rc110.1.011.0.011.0.0.0rc1 Show 26 moreShow less12.0.012.0.0.0rc112.0.0.0rc212.0.112.0.213.0.013.0.0.0rc113.0.113.0.214.0.014.0.0.0rc114.0.114.0.215.0.015.0.0.0rc115.0.0.0rc215.0.0.0rc315.0.116.0.0.0rc16.0.0.0b18.0.08.0.0.0rc18.0.19.0.09.0.0.0rc19.0.1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-1636 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Openstack Barbican, published September 24, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1636
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2181765
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1636
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rx9-c2rh-3qv4
repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack
pypi.org/project/barbican