Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting ceph package, versions <14.2.18-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-CEPH-11737374
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed8 Jan 2021

Introduced: 8 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-25678  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-312  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 ceph to version 14.2.18-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ceph package and not the ceph package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in ceph in versions prior to 16.y.z where ceph stores mgr module passwords in clear text. This can be found by searching the mgr logs for grafana and dashboard, with passwords visible.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1