VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9579

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in the way Ceph Object Gateway would process cross-origin HTTP requests if the CORS policy was set to allow origin on a bucket. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service by sending a specially-crafted cross-origin HTTP request. Ceph branches 1.3.x and 2.x are affected.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references