Bug 2519431 (CVE-2026-39944) - CVE-2026-39944 ceph: ceph: RGW STS session tokens vulnerable to CBC bit-flip attack enabling admin privilege escalation
Summary: CVE-2026-39944 ceph: ceph: RGW STS session tokens vulnerable to CBC bit-flip ...
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Status: ON_QA
Alias: CVE-2026-39944
Deadline: 2026-08-19
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-08-19 07:59 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 17:14 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:79101 0 None None None 2026-10-08 12:53:43 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-19 07:59:04 UTC
Use of a broken cryptographic algorithm vulnerability in Ceph RGW's STS session token handling. The STS tokens use the same unauthenticated AES-128-CBC handler as CephX (CVE-2025-30156) and share its lack of integrity protection. An attacker holding any valid STS token can use CBC bit-flipping to modify the token contents without detection, obtaining full RGW admin access. Unlike the CephX attack which requires access to the internal cluster network and a Ceph monitor, this attack is a self-contained modification of a token the attacker already holds, requiring only a single valid unprivileged STS token and STS to be enabled.

Comment 4 Jon Orris 2026-10-08 12:53:42 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1

Via RHSA-2026:79101 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:79101


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