RADOS Gateway in Ceph 12.1.0 through 12.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a…
Priority LOW 33CWE-617Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-617.
Summary
RADOS Gateway in Ceph 12.1.0 through 12.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) by leveraging "full" (not necessarily admin) privileges to post an invalid profile to the admin API, related to rgw/rgw_iam_policy.cc, rgw/rgw_basic_types.h, and rgw/rgw_iam_types.h.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02313 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.1.0 – 12.2.1 | Vulnerable | Red Hat |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 27 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.1.0 – 12.2.1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 27 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-16818
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8cwf-cg6r-crcf
References
Sources
- CVE-2017-16818 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-16818 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8cwf-cg6r-crcf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-16818 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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