# CVE-2020-1716: Hardcoded credentials in ceph-ansible

> Hardcoded default passwords in ceph-ansible allow authenticated attackers to gain administrator access and modify Ceph cluster configurations.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 May 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v27v-7hmw-76p2, RHSA-2020:2231, RLSA-2020:2231

## What is CVE-2020-1716?

CVE-2020-1716 is a high-severity vulnerability in ceph-ansible, published on 28 May 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in the ceph-ansible playbook where it contained hardcoded passwords that were being used as default passwords while deploying Ceph services. Any authenticated attacker can abuse this flaw to brute-force Ceph deployments, and gain administrator access to Ceph clusters via the Ceph dashboard to initiate read, write, and delete Ceph clusters and also modify Ceph cluster configurations. Versions before ceph-ansible 6.0.0alpha1 are affected.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1716?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ceph-ansible` | Red Hat:ceph_storage:4::el7 | All versions | 0:4.0.23-1.el7cp |
| `ceph-ansible` | Red Hat:ceph_storage:4::el8 | All versions | 0:4.0.23-1.el8cp |
| `smartmontools` | Rocky Linux:8 | All versions | 1:7.1-1.el8 |

Products: Ceph Ceph-Ansible.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-1716?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2020-1716 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ceph-ansible

- [CVE-2020-25677](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25677/): Information disclosure in ceph-ansible (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-1716 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-1716 is a high-severity vulnerability in ceph-ansible, published on 28 May 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ceph-ansible. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1716/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1716/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1716
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1716
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1716

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1716/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.