# CVE-2018-1128: It was found that cephx authentication protocol did not verify ceph clients correctly and was vulnerable to replay attack.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-10 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Red Hat, Inc. ceph: version range not reported

## Description

It was found that cephx authentication protocol did not verify ceph clients correctly and was vulnerable to replay attack. Any attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to sniff packets on network can use this vulnerability to authenticate with ceph service and perform actions allowed by ceph service. Ceph branches master, mimic, luminous and jewel are believed to be vulnerable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat, Inc. ceph, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2261
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2177
- https://github.com/ceph/ceph/commit/5ead97120e07054d80623dada90a5cc764c28468
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2179
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2274
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4339
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/24836
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1575866
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00100.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/17/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/17/4

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