CVE-2018-14649

CRITICAL

Red Hat Ceph Storage 2-3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

It was found that ceph-isci-cli package as shipped by Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3 is using python-werkzeug in debug shell mode. This is done by setting debug=True in file /usr/bin/rbd-target-api provided by ceph-isci-cli package. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access this debug shell and escalate privileges. Once an attacker has successfully connected to this debug shell they will be able to execute arbitrary commands remotely. These commands will run with the same privileges as of user executing the application which is using python-werkzeug with debug shell mode enabled. In - Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3, ceph-isci-cli package runs python-werkzeug library with root level permissions.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3623521
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105434
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ceph/ceph-iscsi-cli/issues/120
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14649
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2838
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2837

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.5707
EPSS Percentile 98.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-77
Status published
Products (6)
redhat/ceph-iscsi-cli
redhat/ceph_storage 2.0
redhat/ceph_storage 3.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Published Oct 09, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026