CVE-2018-14649

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 9, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:41 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Workstation

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%

Description

It was found that ceph-isci-cli package as shipped by Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3 is using python-werkzeug in debug shell mode. This is done by setting debug=True in file /usr/bin/rbd-target-api provided by ceph-isci-cli package. This allows unauthenticated attackers to access this debug shell and escalate privileges. Once an attacker has successfully connected to this debug shell they will be able to execute arbitrary commands remotely. These commands will run with the same privileges as of user executing the application which is using python-werkzeug with debug shell mode enabled. In - Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 and 3, ceph-isci-cli package runs python-werkzeug library with root level permissions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105434
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/articles/3623521
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14649
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ceph/ceph-iscsi-cli/issues/120

CVSS

9.8CRITICALredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77NVD-CWE-noinfo

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