USN-8867-1: Ceph vulnerability

Publication date

5 October 2026

Overview

Ceph could allow unintended access to network services.


Packages

  • ceph - distributed storage and file system

Details

It was discovered that the Ceph Object Gateway (RGW) SigV4 handler did not
reject requests carrying x-amz- headers that were absent from the signed
header set. An attacker holding a presigned URL could possibly use this issue to
attach arbitrary unsigned x-amz-
headers that RGW would honor, allowing them to escalate
their privileges beyond what the URL's signer intended.

It was discovered that the Ceph Object Gateway (RGW) SigV4 handler did not
reject requests carrying x-amz- headers that were absent from the signed
header set. An attacker holding a presigned URL could possibly use this issue to
attach arbitrary unsigned x-amz-
headers that RGW would honor, allowing them to escalate
their privileges beyond what the URL's signer intended.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute librgw2 –  20.2.0-0ubuntu2.1
radosgw –  20.2.0-0ubuntu2.1
22.04 LTS jammy librgw2 –  17.2.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.4
radosgw –  17.2.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.4
20.04 LTS focal librgw2 –  15.2.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.6+esm2  
radosgw –  15.2.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.6+esm2  
18.04 LTS bionic librgw2 –  12.2.13-0ubuntu0.18.04.11+esm3  
radosgw –  12.2.13-0ubuntu0.18.04.11+esm3  

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