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CVE-2021-20288
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-287
Description
An authentication flaw was found in ceph in versions before 14.2.20. When the monitor handles CEPHX_GET_AUTH_SESSION_KEY requests, it doesn't sanitize other_keys, allowing key reuse. An attacker who can request a global_id can exploit the ability of any user to request a global_id previously associated with another user, as ceph does not force the reuse of old keys to generate new ones. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 32, 33, 34
- [UNKNOWN] ceph: before 14.2.21 — fixed in 14.2.21
- Red Hat Ceph Storage: 4.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: [UNKNOWN] ceph 14.2.21. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938031
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/362CEPPYF3YMJZBEJQUT3KDE2EHYYIYQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BPIAYTRCWAU4XWCDBK2THEFVXSC4XGK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVWUKUUS5BCIFWRV3JCUQMAPJ4HIWSED/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-39
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1938031
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/362CEPPYF3YMJZBEJQUT3KDE2EHYYIYQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BPIAYTRCWAU4XWCDBK2THEFVXSC4XGK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVWUKUUS5BCIFWRV3JCUQMAPJ4HIWSED/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-39
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