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CVE-2020-1716

A flaw was found in the ceph-ansible playbook where it contained hardcoded passwords that were...

8.8 HighFix available

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

1.27%Up 0.9 points since May 29, 2021
90%50%10%1%

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 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.0 HighAV: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ceph-ansible
Red Hat:ceph_storage:4::el7
before 0:4.0.23-1.el7cp
0:4.0.23-1.el7cp
ceph-ansible
Red Hat:ceph_storage:4::el8
before 0:4.0.23-1.el8cp
0:4.0.23-1.el8cp
smartmontools
Rocky Linux:8
before 1:7.1-1.el8
1:7.1-1.el8

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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

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