// For flags

CVE-2020-1716

ceph-ansible: hard coded credential in ceph-ansible playbook

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Se encontró un fallo en el playbook ceph-ansible donde contenía contraseñas embebidas que fueron usadas como contraseñas predeterminadas al implementar los servicios de Ceph. Cualquier atacante autenticado puede abusar de este fallo para forzar las implementaciones de Ceph y conseguir acceso de administrador a los clústeres de Ceph por medio del panel de control de Ceph para iniciar la lectura, escritura y eliminación de clústeres de Ceph y también modificar las configuraciones de los clústeres de Ceph. Las versiones anteriores a ceph-ansible 6.0.0alpha1 están afectadas

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2019-11-27 CVE Reserved
  • 2020-05-19 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-04 First Exploit
  • 2024-09-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Ceph
Search vendor "Ceph"
Ceph-ansible
Search vendor "Ceph" for product "Ceph-ansible"
<= 5.0.3
Search vendor "Ceph" for product "Ceph-ansible" and version " <= 5.0.3"
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Affected