CVE-2026-50152

critical

Published 2026-08-28 · Modified 2026-08-28

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CVSS v3

9.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.1

Description

Ceph is an open-source distributed storage platform providing object, block, and file storage. In versions prior to 20.2.4 and 19.2.6, the Monitor subscription handler fails to properly authorize access to the configuration-key store, allowing any CephX user with only `mon allow r` capabilities to read the entire store by sending a single crafted MMonSubscribe message. The config-key store holds sensitive secrets including OSD LUKS disk-encryption passphrases and, on cephadm-managed clusters, the SSH private key that cephadm uses to reach every host in the cluster. Because that key grants root on every node under the default cephadm configuration, a low-privileged read-only account can escalate to full cluster and host compromise. This issue is fixed in versions 20.2.4 and 19.2.6

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

94%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Affected	—
sid	Fixed	`20.2.4+ds-1`
forky	Affected	—
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-285

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.