Description
A flaw was found in the MON subscription handler of Ceph, a distributed storage system. The handler does not properly authorize access to the config-key store when processing MMonSubscribe messages. Any CephX user holding mon allow r capabilities can read the entire config-key store, which contains sensitive operational secrets including OSD LUKS disk encryption passphrases and, on clusters managed by cephadm, the SSH private key used to administer every host. Exposure of these secrets can lead to full host-level root access and compromise of encrypted data at rest.
Published: n/a
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Ceph
Ceph ceph
Vendors & Products Ceph
Ceph ceph

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in the MON subscription handler of Ceph, a distributed storage system. The handler does not properly authorize access to the config-key store when processing MMonSubscribe messages. Any CephX user holding mon allow r capabilities can read the entire config-key store, which contains sensitive operational secrets including OSD LUKS disk encryption passphrases and, on clusters managed by cephadm, the SSH private key used to administer every host. Exposure of these secrets can lead to full host-level root access and compromise of encrypted data at rest.
Title ceph: ceph: MON subscription handler exposes config-key store to low-privilege CephX users
Weaknesses CWE-862
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Metrics threat_severity

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L'}

threat_severity

Important


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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-19T17:57:46Z

Links: CVE-2026-50152 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-08-20T01:45:03Z

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