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TI-2020-09714 Aliases CVE-2020-12059GHSA-896g-qc8p-7wrp

An issue was discovered in Ceph through 13.2.9.

Priority LOW 38CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Ceph through 13.2.9. A POST request with an invalid tagging XML can crash the RGW process by triggering a NULL pointer exception.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02443 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:ceph:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 13.2.9Vulnerablebackstage
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*16.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*18.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:ceph:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 13.2.9 Vulnerable ·backstage
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2021:1518 Released 2021-05-06 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ceph Storage 3.3 Security and Bug Fix Update
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 MON - ELS ceph-2:12.2.12-139.el7cp, ceph-base-2:12.2.12-139.el7cp, ceph-common-2:12.2.12-139.el7cp +17
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 OSD - ELS ceph-2:12.2.12-139.el7cp, ceph-base-2:12.2.12-139.el7cp, ceph-common-2:12.2.12-139.el7cp +16
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 Tools - ELS ceph-2:12.2.12-139.el7cp, ceph-ansible-3.2.56-1.el7cp, ceph-base-2:12.2.12-139.el7cp +23

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 MON - ELSFixed RHSA-2021:1518
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 OSD - ELSFixed RHSA-2021:1518
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 Tools - ELSFixed RHSA-2021:1518
Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12059
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-896g-qc8p-7wrp

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

Sources

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