CVE-2018-10861
ceph: ceph-mon does not perform authorization on OSD pool ops
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · July 9, 2018
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the way ceph mon handles user requests. Any authenticated ceph user having read access to ceph can delete and corrupt snapshot images
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Use mon_allow_pool_delete = false in ceph.conf to disable deletion of pools
~]$ for p in rados lspools
do
ceph osd pool set $p nodelete true
done
caveat: This mitigation does not protect against attacker from corrupting snapshot images
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.6CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization