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TI-2020-15694 Aliases CVE-2020-25677GHSA-637g-65xr-xr73

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in ceph-ansible

Priority LOW 24CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

A flaw was found in Ceph-ansible v4.0.41 where it creates an /etc/ceph/iscsi-gateway.conf with insecure default permissions. This flaw allows any user on the system to read sensitive information within this file. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00213 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 2 fixed, 3 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-4.0.41—No fix listedCNA
  • ceph-ansible Vendor— Affected ceph-ansible-4.0.41 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ceph:ceph-ansible:4.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.41Vulnerableceph
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:ceph:ceph-ansible:4.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.41 Vulnerable ·ceph
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2021:0081 Released 2021-01-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 Security and Bug Fix update
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 MON ceph-2:14.2.11-95.el7cp, ceph-2:14.2.11-95.el8cp, ceph-base-2:14.2.11-95.el7cp +47
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 OSD ceph-2:14.2.11-95.el7cp, ceph-2:14.2.11-95.el8cp, ceph-base-2:14.2.11-95.el7cp +39
    • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 Tools ceph-2:14.2.11-95.el7cp, ceph-2:14.2.11-95.el8cp, ceph-ansible-4.0.41-1.el7cp +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 ToolsFixed RHSA-2021:0081
Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6 on RHEL-8Fixed—
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 MON
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 OSD
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 Tools

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-25677
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-637g-65xr-xr73

References

Patch 1

Sources

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