Vulnerability · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-55707
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity incorrect authorization in Neutron from OpenStack. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In OpenStack Neutron before 28.0.2, the subnetpool onboarding API does not verify ownership of the target subnets. An authenticated user can onboard subnets from another project's shared network into their own subnetpool, mutating the victim's subnet state and altering L3 routing and address scope behavior for victim routers.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | neutron | 2:21.0.0-7+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55707 |
| Debian:13 | neutron | 2:26.0.3-0+deb13u3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55707 |
| Debian:14 | neutron | 2:28.0.1-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55707 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55707 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55707 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55707 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | neutron | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-55707 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/2152113 issue-tracking
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-032.html vendor-advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/29/5 vendor-advisory, mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/29/5
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/08/msg00024.html