CVE-2024-48916
Linux Debian vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability in the Ceph Rados Gateway (RadosGW) OIDC provider was discovered that allows attackers to bypass JWT signature verification. The vulnerability was first published on December 3, 2024, and affects multiple versions of Ceph software (Ubuntu Security, Red Hat Portal).

Technical details

The vulnerability was introduced in Ceph version 16.1.0 through a specific commit (7566664f89be062e0c9f3519dc60b94c8af5e2a4). It affects the OIDC (OpenID Connect) provider implementation in RadosGW, specifically relating to JWT signature verification (Debian Tracker).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authentication bypass in the CEPH RadosGW system, potentially compromising the security of systems using OIDC authentication with RadosGW (Ubuntu Security).

Mitigation and workarounds

Fixed versions have been released across multiple distributions. Ubuntu has released patches (19.2.0-0ubuntu2.1 for 24.10, 19.2.0-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 for 24.04 LTS, and 17.2.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 for 22.04 LTS). Debian has also released fixes for affected versions in bullseye, bookworm, and sid/trixie releases (Ubuntu Security, Debian Tracker).

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