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title: "CVE-2026-97147: OpenStack Mistral - Broken Access Control"
description: "OpenStack Mistral through 23.0.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by improper resource resolution in v2 API write paths, letting authenticated project members modify other projects' resources, exploit requires authentication and API exposure."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-97147/
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# CVE-2026-97147 OpenStack Mistral - Broken Access Control

OpenStack Mistral through 23.0.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by improper resource resolution in v2 API write paths, letting authenticated project members modify other projects' resources, exploit requires authentication and API exposure.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.29% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97147)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Data Tampering, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

8 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-863](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 23.0.0 or the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97147](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97147)
- [https://launchpad.net/bugs/2160267](https://launchpad.net/bugs/2160267)
- [https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-044.html](https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2026-044.html)
- [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/2160267](https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/2160267)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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