$ cve CVE-2018-14649 JSON

CVE-2018-14649

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 11.7% (pctl 96)

Patch early

EPSS 11.7% — above the 10% action threshold.

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.

Scoring

CVSS	9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	11.74% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-77
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	none known
Published	2018-10-09
Last modified	2026-06-17

Affected (5)

Vendor	Product
redhat	ceph storage
redhat	ceph-iscsi-cli
redhat	enterprise linux desktop
redhat	enterprise linux server
redhat	enterprise linux workstation

References

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