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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.4

CVE-2020-25678 json

A flaw was found in ceph in versions prior to 16.y.z where ceph stores mgr module passwords in clear text.

published 2021-01-08 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-18340

cvss
4.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in ceph in versions prior to 16.y.z where ceph stores mgr module passwords in clear text. This can be found by searching the mgr logs for grafana and dashboard, with passwords visible.

Patch / fix

  • redhat ceph 16.2.0
  • ceph Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 14.2.18-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25678

  • ceph Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25678

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ceph ceph storage 4 2:14.2.11-147.el7cp
  • ceph ceph storage 4 2:14.2.11-147.el8cp
  • librbd1 ceph storage 4 2:14.2.11-147.el7cp
  • librbd1 ceph storage 4 2:14.2.11-147.el8cp
  • librgw2 ceph storage 4 2:14.2.11-147.el7cp
  • librgw2 ceph storage 4 2:14.2.11-147.el8cp
  • libtcmu ceph storage 4 1.5.2-2.el7cp
  • libtcmu ceph storage 4 1.5.2-3.el8cp

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:1452

  • ceph SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLES 15 SP1-BCL +6 more 14.2.20.402+g6aa76c6815-3.60.1
  • deepsea Enterprise Storage 6 0.9.35+git.0.5a1dc9fe-3.34.1
  • ceph SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP2, Enterprise Storage 7 15.2.9.83+g4275378de0-3.17.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:1473-1SUSE-SU-2021:1472-1SUSE-SU-2021:1108-1

  • ceph openSUSE Tumbleweed 16.2.6.463+g22e7612f9ad-1.1
  • ceph openSUSE Leap 15.2 15.2.9.83+g4275378de0-lp152.2.12.1
  • ceph-test openSUSE Leap 15.2 15.2.9.83+g4275378de0-lp152.2.12.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11652-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0544-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-25678 updated cvss 4.4

ceph: mgr modules' passwords are in clear text in mgr logs

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ceph, librbd1, librgw2, ceph-mds, ceph-mon, ceph-osd, +12 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 librbd1, librados2
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 ceph
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) librbd1, librgw2, ceph-fuse, librados2, libcephfs2, python-rbd, +6 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 MON ceph 14.2.11-147.el7cp, ceph 14.2.11-147.el8cp, gperftools 2.6.3-3.el8cp, librbd1 14.2.11-147.el7cp, librbd1 14.2.11-147.el8cp, librgw2 14.2.11-147.el7cp, +40 more Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 OSD ceph 14.2.11-147.el7cp, ceph 14.2.11-147.el8cp, gperftools 2.6.3-3.el8cp, librbd1 14.2.11-147.el7cp, librbd1 14.2.11-147.el8cp, librgw2 14.2.11-147.el7cp, +28 more Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2 Tools libtcmu 1.5.2-2.el7cp, libtcmu 1.5.2-3.el8cp, ceph 14.2.11-147.el7cp, ceph 14.2.11-147.el8cp, gperftools 2.6.3-3.el8cp, librbd1 14.2.11-147.el7cp, +42 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1452
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ceph, librbd1, librgw2, ceph-mds, ceph-mgr, ceph-mon, +15 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 librbd1, librados2, libcephfs2, libradosstriper1
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a ceph

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

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