CVE-2020-12059
An issue was discovered in Ceph through 13.2.9. A POST request with an invalid tagging XML can crash the RGW process by triggering a NULL pointer exception.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Ceph through 13.2.9. A POST request with an invalid tagging XML can crash the RGW process by triggering a NULL pointer exception.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-04-22 00:00Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 11:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-04-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ecfb3988c050391a0ec754a92776d4ec7380cfd6977c6c1457c965ff11b3016c
05 Affected products
06 References
- tracker.ceph.comhttps://tracker.ceph.com/issues/44967
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170170
- docs.ceph.comhttps://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/releases/mimic/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4528-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4528-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20231023 [SECURITY] [DLA 3629-1] ceph security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00034.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ceph Fixed in 14.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ceph Fixed in 14.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ceph Fixed in 14.2.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ceph Fixed in 12.2.13-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.