CVE-2018-1129
An attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to alter the message payload was able to bypass signature checks done by cephx protocol.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in the way signature calculation was handled by cephx authentication protocol. An attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to alter the message payload was able to bypass signature checks done by cephx protocol. Ceph branches master, mimic, luminous and jewel are believed to be vulnerable.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.90% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-287
- Affected
- redhat/ceph storage · redhat/ceph storage mon · redhat/ceph storage osd · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · ceph/ceph · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00100.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/24837Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2177Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2179Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2261Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2274Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1576057Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ceph/ceph/commit/8f396cf35a3826044b089141667a196454c0a587Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4339Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00100.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/24837Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2177Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2179Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2261Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2274Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1576057Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ceph/ceph/commit/8f396cf35a3826044b089141667a196454c0a587Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4339Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.