CVE-2018-7262
In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function...
In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function in radosgw doesn't handle malformed HTTP headers properly, allowing for denial of service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function in radosgw doesn't handle malformed HTTP headers properly, allowing for denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2018-7262- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function in radosgw doesn't handle malformed HTTP headers properly, allowing for denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2018-7262- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18998 No score
In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function in radosgw doesn't handle malformed HTTP headers properly, allowing for denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2018-18998- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8gpf-89wg-vgwp
7.5
In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function...
In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function in radosgw doesn't handle malformed HTTP headers properly, allowing for denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-8gpf-89wg-vgwp- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
In Ceph before 12.2.3 and 13.x through 13.0.1, the rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function in radosgw doesn't handle malformed HTTP headers properly, allowing for denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2018-7262- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:0546
7.3
Red Hat Security Advisory: ceph security update
- Record
RHSA-2018:0546- CVSS 3.0
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1417-1 No score
Security update for ceph
This update for ceph fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2018-7262: rgw: malformed http headers can crash rgw (bsc#1081379).
- CVE-2017-16818: User reachable asserts allow for DoS (bsc#1063014).
Bug fixes:
- bsc#1061461: OSDs keep generating coredumps after adding new OSD node to cluster.
- bsc#1079076: RGW openssl fixes.
- bsc#1067088: Upgrade to SES5 restarted all nodes, majority of OSDs aborts during start.
- bsc#1056125: Some OSDs are down when doing performance testing on rbd image in EC Pool.
- bsc#1087269: allow_ec_overwrites option not in command options list.
- bsc#1051598: Fix mountpoint check for systemctl enable --runtime.
- bsc#1070357: Zabbix mgr module doesn't recover from HEALTH_ERR.
- bsc#1066502: After upgrading a single OSD from SES 4 to SES 5 the OSDs do not rejoin the cluster.
- bsc#1067119: Crushtool decompile creates wrong device entries (device 20 device20) for not existing / deleted OSDs.
- bsc#1060904: Loglevel misleading during keystone authentication.
- bsc#1056967: Monitors goes down after pool creation on cluster with 120 OSDs.
- bsc#1067705: Issues with RGW Multi-Site Federation between SES5 and RH Ceph Storage 2.
- bsc#1059458: Stopping / restarting rados gateway as part of deepsea stage.4 executions causes core-dump of radosgw.
- bsc#1087493: Commvault cannot reconnect to storage after restarting haproxy.
- bsc#1066182: Container synchronization between two Ceph clusters failed.
- bsc#1081600: Crash in civetweb/RGW.
- bsc#1054061: NFS-GANESHA service failing while trying to list mountpoint on client.
- bsc#1074301: OSDs keep aborting: SnapMapper failed asserts.
- bsc#1086340: XFS metadata corruption on rbd-nbd mapped image with journaling feature enabled.
- bsc#1080788: fsid mismatch when creating additional OSDs.
- bsc#1071386: Metadata spill onto block.slow.
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1417-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1576-1 No score
Security update for ceph
This update for ceph to 12.2.5-407-g5e7ea8cf03 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2018-7262: The rgw_civetweb.cc RGWCivetWeb::init_env function in radosgw doesn't handle malformed HTTP headers properly, allowing for denial of service. rgw: make init env methods return an error (bsc#1081379)
Other issues fixed:
- osd: do not crash on empty snapset (bsc#1074301)
- mon: add 'ceph osd pool get erasure allow_ec_overwrites' command (bsc#1087269)
- journal: limit number of appends sent in one librados op (bsc#1086340)
- RGW user stats fixes (bsc#1087493)
- rgw openssl fixes (bsc#1079076, bsc#1081379)
- rocksdb: fixes early metadata spill over to slow device in bluefs (bsc#1071386)
- mon: reenable timer to send digest when paxos is temporarily inactive (bsc#1070357)
- fsid mismatch when creating additional OSDs (bsc#1080788)
- crash in civetweb/RGW (bsc#1081600)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1576-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2299-1 No score
Security update for ceph
This update for ceph fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2018-10861: Fix ceph-mon authorization on OSD pool ops (bsc#1099162).
- CVE-2018-1128: Fix cephx signature check bypass (bsc#1096748).
- CVE-2018-1129: Fix cephx protocol vulnerability to replay attack (bsc#1096748).
- CVE-2018-7262: Fix malformed http headers that can crash rgw (bsc#1081379).
Bug fixes:
- bsc#1072512: multipart uploads are broken if the bucket has been resharded
- bsc#1080112: rgw: user stats increased after bucket reshard
- bsc#1086340: SES5: XFS metadata corruption on rbd-nbd mapped image with journaling feature enabled
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2299-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cephRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-baseRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-commonRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-debuginfoRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-mgrRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-monRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-selinuxRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-testRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
libcephfs-develRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
libcephfs2Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
librados-develRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
librados2Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
libradosstriper1Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
librbd-develRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
librbd1Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
librgw-develRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
librgw2Red Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
python-cephfsRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
python-radosRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
python-rbdRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
python-rgwRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-osdRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-fuseRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-mdsRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
ceph-radosgwRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
rbd-mirrorRed Hat:ceph_storage:3::el7 |
before 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp | 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp |
cephSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 |
before 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.7.1 | 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.7.1 |
cephSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 |
before 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.7.1 | 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.7.1 |
cephSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 |
before 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.7.1 | 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.7.1 |
cephSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 |
before 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.7.1 | 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.7.1 |
cephSUSE:Enterprise Storage 5 |
before 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.13.3 | 12.2.5+git.1524775272.5e7ea8cf03-2.13.3 |
cephSUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 |
before 10.2.11+git.1531487710.3a12911a2e-12.14.2 | 10.2.11+git.1531487710.3a12911a2e-12.14.2 |
ceph-testSUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 |
before 10.2.11+git.1531487710.3a12911a2e-12.14.2 | 10.2.11+git.1531487710.3a12911a2e-12.14.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-7262 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Redhat Ceph, published March 19, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.87%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in ceph 2:12.2.1-46.el7cp.
References
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0546
github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/20488
tracker.ceph.com/issues/23039
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1546611
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0548
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/74VI6EPZ6LD2O4JJXJBTYQ4U4VUO2ZDO
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7262
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/74VI6EPZ6LD2O4JJXJBTYQ4U4VUO2ZDO
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8gpf-89wg-vgwp
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1546610
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_0546.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7262
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7262
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181417-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1051598
bugzilla.suse.com/1054061
bugzilla.suse.com/1056125
bugzilla.suse.com/1056967
bugzilla.suse.com/1059458
bugzilla.suse.com/1060904
bugzilla.suse.com/1061461
bugzilla.suse.com/1063014
bugzilla.suse.com/1066182
bugzilla.suse.com/1066502
bugzilla.suse.com/1067088
bugzilla.suse.com/1067119
bugzilla.suse.com/1067705
bugzilla.suse.com/1070357
bugzilla.suse.com/1071386
bugzilla.suse.com/1074301
bugzilla.suse.com/1079076
bugzilla.suse.com/1080788
bugzilla.suse.com/1081379
bugzilla.suse.com/1081600
bugzilla.suse.com/1086340
bugzilla.suse.com/1087269
bugzilla.suse.com/1087493
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16818
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7262
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181576-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182299-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1072512
bugzilla.suse.com/1080112
bugzilla.suse.com/1096748
bugzilla.suse.com/1099162
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10861
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1128
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1129