CVE-2020-1716
A flaw was found in the ceph-ansible playbook where it contained hardcoded passwords that were...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-1716- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-1716- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-12570 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-12570- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v27v-7hmw-76p2 No score
A flaw was found in the ceph-ansible playbook where it contained hardcoded passwords that were...
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.
- Record
GHSA-v27v-7hmw-76p2- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-1716- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:2231
8.8
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.1 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Record
RHSA-2020:2231- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRLSA-2020:2231 No score
Important: Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation Ceph Storage 4.1 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation Ceph Storage is a scalable, open, software-defined storage platform that combines the most stable version of the Ceph storage system with a Ceph management platform, deployment utilities, and support services.
Security Fix(es):
- ceph-ansible: hard coded credential in ceph-ansible playbook (CVE-2020-1716)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgements, and other related information refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation Ceph Storage 4.1 Release Notes available at:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_ceph_storage/4.1/html/release_notes/index
- Record
RLSA-2020:2231- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ceph-ansibleRed Hat:ceph_storage:4::el7 |
before 0:4.0.23-1.el7cp | 0:4.0.23-1.el7cp |
ceph-ansibleRed Hat:ceph_storage:4::el8 |
before 0:4.0.23-1.el8cp | 0:4.0.23-1.el8cp |
smartmontoolsRocky Linux:8 |
before 1:7.1-1.el8 | 1:7.1-1.el8 |
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-2020-1716 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ceph Ceph-ansible, published May 19, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.27%, the 69th percentile. Fixed in ceph-ansible 0:4.0.23-1.el7cp.
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1795592
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1716
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v27v-7hmw-76p2
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2231
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274084
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