# CVE-2023-1636: PYSEC-2026-1214 - OpenStack Barbican information disclosure vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-1636-openstack-barbican-information-disclosure-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-07-07  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2023-1636 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-07-07

OpenStack Barbican information disclosure vulnerability

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2023-1636 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-1636 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2023-1636?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 7 July 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** barbican (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=16.0.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2023-1636?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2023-1636?** 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.

## Affected products

- barbican (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=16.0.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2023-1636
- GHSA-6rx9-c2rh-3qv4
- PYSEC-2026-1214

## Related threats

- [PYSEC-2026-1213 - OpenStack Barbican credential leak flaw](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-1633-openstack-barbican-credential-leak-flaw)
- [PYSEC-2026-786 - Barbican authorization flaw before v14.0.0](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-23451-barbican-authorization-flaw-before-v14-0-0)
- [PYSEC-2026-785 - openstack-barbican Denial of Service vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-23452-openstack-barbican-denial-of-service-vulnerability)