CVE-2018-16889 describes a vulnerability in Ceph, including Red Hat Ceph versions up to v13.2.4, where encryption keys are not properly sanitized and are leaked in plaintext within debug log files when using v4 authentication. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows for unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information (C:H) without requiring user interaction or complex attack vectors (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 13.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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