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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-50152 EUVD-2026-67274

Ceph Monitor subscription handler improperly authorizes config-key store reads, exposing cluster secrets to read-only users

Published Aug 27, 2026 · Updated Sep 1, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ceph ceph >= 19.0.0, < 19.2.6, >= 20.0.0, < 20.2.4 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 ceph 20.2.4+ds-1 —
Debian 13 ceph No fix yet —
Debian 12 ceph No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 ceph No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ceph No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ceph No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ceph No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS ceph No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS ceph No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS ceph No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS ceph No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 ceph +27 2:19.2.1-423.el9cp RHSA-2026:79101

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