Red Hat Ceph Storage RadosGW up to 14.2.20 CORS ExposeHeader Tag injection
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ceph Storage RadosGW up to 14.2.20. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component CORS ExposeHeader Tag Handler. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2021-3524. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ceph Storage RadosGW up to 14.2.20. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component CORS ExposeHeader Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 05/18/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-3524. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253528 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Ceph vulnerabilities (USN-7706-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 14.2.21 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (253528). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
- 14.2.0
- 14.2.1
- 14.2.2
- 14.2.3
- 14.2.4
- 14.2.5
- 14.2.6
- 14.2.7
- 14.2.8
- 14.2.9
- 14.2.10
- 14.2.11
- 14.2.12
- 14.2.13
- 14.2.14
- 14.2.15
- 14.2.16
- 14.2.17
- 14.2.18
- 14.2.19
- 14.2.20
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: InjectionCWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 253528
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Ceph vulnerabilities (USN-7706-1)
Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Ceph Storage RadosGW 14.2.21
Timeline
04/30/2021 🔍05/18/2021 🔍
05/18/2021 🔍
08/22/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-3524 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-3524
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-175299
Entry
Created: 05/18/2021 08:58Updated: 08/22/2025 15:50
Changes: 05/18/2021 08:58 (38), 05/22/2021 09:15 (5), 08/22/2025 15:50 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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