CVE-2016-8626: red hat ceph NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-8626 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in red hat ceph. EPSS estimates a 2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 31-07-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ceph before 0.94.9-8. The way Ceph Object Gateway handles POST object requests permits an authenticated attacker to launch a denial of service attack by sending null or specially crafted POST object requests.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.03 pp
From 2.31% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceThe product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat36 products
- ceph< 0.94.3.9-8
- enterprise_linux_desktop7.0
- enterprise_linux_server7.0
- enterprise_linux_workstation7.0
- calamari-server< 0:1.4.9-1.el7cp
Suse2 products
- ceph-test&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 3< 10.2.5+git.1485186288.4e3c6c4-12.2
- ceph&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 3< 10.2.5+git.1485186288.4e3c6c4-12.2
Debian1 product
- ceph< 10.2.5-1
Red hat1 product
- ceph0.94.9-8
Ubuntu1 product
- ceph< 0.80.11-0ubuntu1.14.04.3
5 vendors · 41 products
