CVE-2020-25678

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.

Published: 2021-01-08 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-25678 is rated Low Risk (21/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-25678

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.90%
2 2023-02-13 1.03% 0.95% -0.08%
3 2023-02-03 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-25678

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.8 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-25678

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-25678

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2020-25678: 1 source package rows (ceph); 5 state rows across 1 repos (edge-community); fixed 0, open 5. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-25678
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-25678 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ceph), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25678
gentoo normal CVE-2020-25678: 1 GLSA(s) (202105-39), 1 atom(s) (sys-cluster/ceph); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2020-25678
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25678
ubuntu low CVE-2020-25678 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ceph), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 6, not-affected 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25678

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-25678

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat ceph < 16.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ceph_storage 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 33 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-25678

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