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CVE-2018-16889

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the...

5.5 MediumFix available

CVE-2018-16889 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Ceph, published January 28, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. Fixed in ceph 12.2.11+dfsg1-1.

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the leaking of encryption key information in log files via plaintext. Versions up to v13.2.4 are vulnerable.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.54%Down 0.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.5

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the leaking of encryption key information in log files via plaintext. Versions up to v13.2.4 are vulnerable.

Record
CVE-2018-16889
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-532
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8677 5.5

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the leaking of encryption key information in log files via plaintext. Versions up to v13.2.4 are vulnerable.

Record
EUVD-2018-8677
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2xfm-mgc4-j8fx 7.5

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the...

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the leaking of encryption key information in log files via plaintext. Versions up to v13.2.4 are vulnerable.

Record
GHSA-2xfm-mgc4-j8fx
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200, CWE-532
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.5

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the leaking of encryption key information in log files via plaintext. Versions up to v13.2.4 are vulnerable.

Record
CVE-2018-16889
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-532, CWE-20, CWE-200, CWE-312
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the leaking of encryption key information in log files via plaintext. Versions up to v13.2.4 are vulnerable.

Record
CVE-2018-16889
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-16889 7.5

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the leaking of encryption key information in log files via plaintext. Versions up to v13.2.4 are vulnerable.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16889
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2019:2538 6.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3.3 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2019:2538
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-16889 7.5

Ceph does not properly sanitize encryption keys in debug logging for v4 auth. This results in the leaking of encryption key information in log files via plaintext. Versions up to v13.2.4 are vulnerable.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16889
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10676-1 No score

ceph-16.2.6.45+g8fda9838398-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ceph-16.2.6.45+g8fda9838398-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10676-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:0499-1 No score

Security update for ceph

This update for ceph fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-14662: mon: limit caps allowed to access the config store (bsc#1111177)
  • CVE-2018-16846: rgw: enforce bounds on max-keys/max-uploads/max-parts (bsc#1114710)
  • CVE-2018-16889: rgw: sanitize customer encryption keys from log output in v4 auth (bsc#1121567)

Non-security issue fixed:

  • os/bluestore: avoid frequent allocator dump on bluefs rebalance failure (bsc#1113246)
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:0499-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2049-1 No score

Security update for ceph

This update for ceph fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-3821: civetweb: fix file descriptor leak (bsc#1125080)
  • CVE-2018-16889: rgw: sanitize customer encryption keys from log output in v4 auth (bsc#1121567)

Non-security issues fixed:

  • install grafana dashboards world readable (bsc#1136110)
  • upgrade results in cluster outage (bsc#1132396)
  • ceph status reports 'HEALTH_WARN 3 monitors have not enabled msgr2' (bsc#1124957)
  • Dashboard: Opening tcmu-runner perf counters results in a 404 (bsc#1135388)
  • RadosGW stopped expiring objects (bsc#1133139)
  • Ceph does not recover when rebuilding every OSD (bsc#1133461)
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2049-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2364-1 No score

Security update for ceph

This update for ceph to version 12.2.12-594-g02236657ca fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-16889: Fixed missing sanitation of customer encryption keys from log output in v4 auth. (bsc#1121567)
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2364-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4035-1 No score

ceph vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled read only permissions. An authenticated attacker could use this issue to obtain dm-crypt encryption keys. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14662)

It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled certain OMAPs holding bucket indices. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-16846)

It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly sanitized certain debug logs. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain encryption key information. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 18.10 and Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2018-16889)

It was discovered that Ceph incorrectly handled certain civetweb requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.10 and Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2019-3821)

Record
USN-4035-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ceph
Debian:12
before 12.2.11+dfsg1-1
12.2.11+dfsg1-1
ceph
Debian:13
before 12.2.11+dfsg1-1
12.2.11+dfsg1-1
ceph
Debian:14
before 12.2.11+dfsg1-1
12.2.11+dfsg1-1
ceph
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-base
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-common
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-debuginfo
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-mgr
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-mon
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-selinux
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ceph-test
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
libcephfs-devel
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
libcephfs2
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
librados-devel
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
librados2
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
libradosstriper1
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
librbd-devel
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
librbd1
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
librgw-devel
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
librgw2
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
python-cephfs
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
python-rados
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
python-rbd
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
python-rgw
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-osd
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-ansible
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:3.2.24-1.el7cp
0:3.2.24-1.el7cp
ceph-fuse
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-iscsi-config
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.6-19.el7cp
0:2.6-19.el7cp
ceph-mds
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph-radosgw
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
cephmetrics
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.0.6-1.el7cp
0:2.0.6-1.el7cp
cephmetrics-ansible
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.0.6-1.el7cp
0:2.0.6-1.el7cp
libntirpc
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:1.7.4-1.el7cp
0:1.7.4-1.el7cp
libntirpc-debuginfo
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:1.7.4-1.el7cp
0:1.7.4-1.el7cp
nfs-ganesha
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.7.4-10.el7cp
0:2.7.4-10.el7cp
nfs-ganesha-ceph
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.7.4-10.el7cp
0:2.7.4-10.el7cp
nfs-ganesha-debuginfo
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.7.4-10.el7cp
0:2.7.4-10.el7cp
nfs-ganesha-rgw
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.7.4-10.el7cp
0:2.7.4-10.el7cp
python-crypto
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.6.1-16.el7ost
0:2.6.1-16.el7ost
python-crypto-debuginfo
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.6.1-16.el7ost
0:2.6.1-16.el7ost
python2-crypto
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 0:2.6.1-16.el7ost
0:2.6.1-16.el7ost
rbd-mirror
Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7
before 2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
2:12.2.12-45.el7cp
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5
before 12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
12.2.10+git.1549630712.bb089269ea-2.27.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1
before 14.2.1.468+g994fd9e0cc-3.3.2
14.2.1.468+g994fd9e0cc-3.3.2
ceph
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6
before 14.2.1.468+g994fd9e0cc-3.3.2
14.2.1.468+g994fd9e0cc-3.3.2
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
before 12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
before 12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
before 12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
ceph
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
before 12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
ceph
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5
before 12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
12.2.12+git.1568024032.02236657ca-2.39.1
ceph
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 10.2.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2, plus listed versions
0.94.3-0ubuntu20.94.5-0ubuntu19.2.0-0ubuntu39.2.0-0ubuntu49.2.0-0ubuntu5
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9.2.0-0ubuntu610.0.2-0ubuntu110.0.3-0ubuntu110.0.5-0ubuntu110.1.0-0ubuntu110.1.1-0ubuntu110.1.2-0ubuntu110.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.110.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.210.2.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.210.2.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.210.2.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.110.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.110.2.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.110.2.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.110.2.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.110.2.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
10.2.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ceph
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 12.2.11-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions
12.2.0-0ubuntu112.2.1-0ubuntu112.2.2-0ubuntu112.2.2-0ubuntu212.2.4-0ubuntu1
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12.2.4-0ubuntu1.112.2.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.112.2.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.112.2.8-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
12.2.11-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

History

History
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