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cyborg — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40214

In OpenStack Cyborg before 16.0.1, the Accelerator Request (ARQ) API does not enforce project ownership at any layer. The project_id column in the database is never populated (NULL for every ARQ), database queries have no project filtering, and policy checks are self-referential (the authorize_wsgi decorator compares the caller's project_id with itself rather than the target resource). Any authenticated non-admin user can complete various actions such as deleting ARQs bound to other projects' instances, aka cross-tenant denial of service.

Products
cyborg
Affected versions
14.0.0-3, 15.0.0-1, 15.0.0~rc1-1, 15.0.0~rc1-2, 15.0.0~rc1-3, 16.0.0-1, 16.0.0-2, 16.0.0~rc1-1, 16.0.0~rc1-2, 16.0.0~rc2-1
Fixed versions
14.0.0-3+deb13u1, 16.0.0+git+2026.04.26.b8edfa06f1-1
CVEs
CVE-2026-40214
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 17:46 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40214

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 May 2026, 22:16 UTC

In OpenStack Cyborg before 16.0.1, the Accelerator Request (ARQ) API does not enforce project ownership at any layer. The project_id column in the database is never populated (NULL for every ARQ), database queries have no project filtering, and policy checks are self-referential (the authorize_wsgi decorator compares the caller's project_id with itself rather than the target resource). Any authenticated non-admin user can complete various actions such as deleting ARQs bound to other projects' instances, aka cross-tenant denial of service.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40214

cyborg

Fixed versions: 14.0.0-3+deb13u1

cyborg

Fixed versions: 16.0.0+git+2026.04.26.b8edfa06f1-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40214",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40214",
    "summary": "In OpenStack Cyborg before 16.0.1, the Accelerator Request (ARQ) API does not enforce project ownership at any layer. The project_id column in the database is never populated (NULL for every ARQ), database queries have no project filtering, and policy checks are self-referential (the authorize_wsgi decorator compares the caller's project_id with itself rather than the target resource). Any authenticated non-admin user can complete various actions such as deleting ARQs bound to other projects' instances, aka cross-tenant denial of service.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40214",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cyborg",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "14.0.0-3+deb13u1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
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            "value": "14.0.0-3",
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          }
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      },
      {
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          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
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          {
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          {
            "value": "15.0.0~rc1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "15.0.0~rc1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "15.0.0~rc1-3",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "16.0.0-1",
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          },
          {
            "value": "16.0.0-2",
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    ],
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cyborg?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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            {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cyborg",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cyborg?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "versions": [
            "14.0.0-3",
            "15.0.0-1",
            "15.0.0~rc1-1",
            "15.0.0~rc1-2",
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            "16.0.0-1",
            "16.0.0-2",
            "16.0.0~rc1-1",
            "16.0.0~rc1-2",
            "16.0.0~rc2-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-27T09:47:38.683567157Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "CVE-2026-40214"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40214"
      ]
    },
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      {
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        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 461154,
  "published_at": "2026-05-07T22:16:35.047+00:00"
}