# CVE-2022-23452: PYSEC-2026-785 - openstack-barbican Denial of Service vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-23452-openstack-barbican-denial-of-service-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-07-06  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2022-23452 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-07-06

openstack-barbican Denial of Service vulnerability

Technologies: [barbican (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/barbican). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2022-23452 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-23452 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2022-23452?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 6 July 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** barbican (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=14.0.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2022-23452?** Yes. barbican (PyPI): upgrade to 14.0.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2022-23452?** Check whether you run barbican (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- barbican (PyPI): upgrade to 14.0.0 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "barbican>=14.0.0"
  ```


## Affected products

- barbican (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=14.0.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2022-23452
- GHSA-6p2h-rjj7-2j63
- PYSEC-2026-785

## Related threats

- [PYSEC-2026-1213 - OpenStack Barbican credential leak flaw](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-1633-openstack-barbican-credential-leak-flaw)
- [PYSEC-2026-1214 - OpenStack Barbican information disclosure vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-1636-openstack-barbican-information-disclosure-vulnerability)
- [PYSEC-2026-786 - Barbican authorization flaw before v14.0.0](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-23451-barbican-authorization-flaw-before-v14-0-0)