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TI-2020-01660 Aliases CVE-2020-1716GHSA-v27v-7hmw-76p2

Hard-coded credentials in ceph-ansible

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-798Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-798.

Summary

A flaw was found in the ceph-ansible playbook where it contained hardcoded passwords that were being used as default passwords while deploying Ceph services. Any authenticated attacker can abuse this flaw to brute-force Ceph deployments, and gain administrator access to Ceph clusters via the Ceph dashboard to initiate read, write, and delete Ceph clusters and also modify Ceph cluster configurations. Versions before ceph-ansible 6.0.0alpha1 are affected.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01269 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—ceph-ansibleceph-ansible 6.0.0alpha1—No fix listedCNA
  • ceph-ansible Vendor— Affected ceph-ansible 6.0.0alpha1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ceph:ceph-ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.0.3Vulnerableceph
  • cpe:2.3:a:ceph:ceph-ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.0.3 Vulnerable ·ceph

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:2231 Released 2020-05-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.1 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.1 Tools ceph-ansible-4.0.23-1.el7cp, ceph-ansible-4.0.23-1.el8cp

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.1 ToolsFixed RHSA-2020:2231
Not affected: 6 products
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.1 MON
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.1 OSD
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.1 Tools
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1716
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v27v-7hmw-76p2

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2020-15694 Cleartext storage of sensitive information in ceph-ansible CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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