CVE-2024-47866: RGW DoS attack with empty HTTP header in S3 object copy
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-47866 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ceph. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 12-11-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-12-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform. In versions up to and including 19.2.3, using the argument `x-amz-copy-source` to put an object and specifying an empty string as its content leads to the RGW daemon crashing, resulting in a DoS attack. As of time of publication, no known patched versions exist.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
41%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.03 pp
From 0.45% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundCeph
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- ceph19< 19.2.4-r0
Ceph1 product
- ceph≤ 19.2.3
Debian1 product
- ceph< 16.2.15+ds-0+deb12u2 | < 18.2.7+ds-1+deb13u1 | < 18.2.7+ds-1.1
Mageia1 product
- ceph< 18.2.7-2.1.mga9
Redhat1 product
- ceph≤ 19.2.3
Ubuntu1 product
- ceph< 0.80.11-0ubuntu1.14.04.4+esm4 | < 10.2.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm3 | < 12.2.13-0ubuntu0.18.04.11+esm2 | < 15.2.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.6+esm1 | < 17.2.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 | < 19.2.3-0ubuntu0.24.04.3 | < 19.2.3-0ubuntu1.25.10.3
6 vendors · 6 products
References
12 links- github.com/ceph/ceph/security/advisories/GHSA-mgrm-g92q-f8h8X Refsource CONFIRMAdvisoryREPORTExploitVendor Advisory