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CVE-2020-10736

ceph: authorization bypass in monitor and manager daemons

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 18, 2020

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An authorization bypass vulnerability was found in Ceph versions 15.2.0 and later, where the ceph-mon and ceph-mgr daemons do not properly restrict access, resulting in gaining access to unauthorized resources. This flaw allows an authenticated client to modify the configuration and possibly conduct further attacks.

Statement

This vulnerability affects Ceph versions 15.2.0 and later. The following products do not ship the flawed versions and are therefore not affected by this flaw:

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 8
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-285 · Improper Authorization