openstack/neutron · Security
OpenStack Neutron: Neutron port RBAC policy bypass allows project managers to set trusted device owners on shared networks
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-qmc5-gv6v-8p22
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-50266
- Severity
- low
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 2.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 2.2 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Description
In OpenStack Neutron before 28.0.1, a project manager can create or update a port on a shared network owned by another project and set device_owner to a value that has "network:" at the beginning ("network:dhcp" for example). The default port RBAC policies incorrectly included PROJECT_MANAGER without requiring network ownership, allowing any project manager to obtain trusted network-service port behavior on shared networks. Depending on backend and deployment, this can bypass anti-spoofing and security group protections, enabling DHCP, MAC, or IP spoofing against other tenants on the shared network. This is a regression of CVE-2015-5240 (OSSA-2015-018).
CWEs
- CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50266 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/2152115 ↗
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/2152115 ↗
- https://review.opendev.org/990273 ↗
- https://review.opendev.org/990353 ↗
- https://review.opendev.org/990356 ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/04/6 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmc5-gv6v-8p22 ↗