Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Ceph is an open-source distributed storage platform providing object, block, and file storage. In versions prior to 20.2.4 and 19.2.6, the Ceph Object Gateway (RGW) SigV4 handler does not reject requests that carry x-amz- headers absent from the signed header set, allowing anyone holding a presigned URL to attach arbitrary unsigned x-amz- headers that RGW will honor. AWS S3 requires every x-amz-* header on a SigV4 request to be signed and rejects requests bearing additional unsigned headers, but RGW validates only the headers listed in X-Amz-SignedHeaders and ignores any extra ones, so they take effect without being covered by the signature. By adding such headers to a presigned PUT URL, an attacker can grant themselves more capabilities than the URL's signer intended and escalate their privileges. This issue is fixed in versions 20.2.4 and 19.2.6.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Bitnami",
"name": "ceph",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/ceph"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "19.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "19.2.6"
},
{
"introduced": "20.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "20.2.4"
}
],
"type": "SEMVER"
}
],
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-54330"
],
"database_specific": {
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:ceph:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "High"
},
"details": "Ceph is an open-source distributed storage platform providing object, block, and file storage. In versions prior to 20.2.4 and 19.2.6, the Ceph Object Gateway (RGW) SigV4 handler does not reject requests that carry x-amz-* headers absent from the signed header set, allowing anyone holding a presigned URL to attach arbitrary unsigned x-amz-* headers that RGW will honor. AWS S3 requires every x-amz-* header on a SigV4 request to be signed and rejects requests bearing additional unsigned headers, but RGW validates only the headers listed in X-Amz-SignedHeaders and ignores any extra ones, so they take effect without being covered by the signature. By adding such headers to a presigned PUT URL, an attacker can grant themselves more capabilities than the URL\u0027s signer intended and escalate their privileges. This issue is fixed in versions 20.2.4 and 19.2.6.",
"id": "BIT-ceph-2026-54330",
"modified": "2026-09-02T15:04:30.450Z",
"published": "2026-09-02T14:37:35.258Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ceph/ceph/commit/5837aa8e60471128dbb672b0ff6f1b1feebe08a7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ceph/ceph/commit/5978c866d4a0812fbb024745c4f1e79aaecd6c6a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ceph/ceph/security/advisories/GHSA-rmjq-ffrm-j6vj"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54330"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.6.2",
"summary": "Ceph RGW SigV4 handler accepts unsigned x-amz-* headers on presigned requests, allowing privilege escalation"
}
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