Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ceph - CVE-2025-52555

Vulnerability identifier: #VU112131

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-52555

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a local unprivileged user can executed the "chmod 777" command on a ceph-fuse mounted CephFS and escalate their privileges to root. 

Ceph
Anolis OS
openEuler
thrift (Red Hat package)
ansible-collection-ansible-posix (Red Hat package)
libunwind (Red Hat package)
liborc (Red Hat package)
nvml (Red Hat package)
oath-toolkit (Red Hat package)
gperftools (Red Hat package)
lttng-ust (Red Hat package)
protobuf (Red Hat package)
ansible-collection-community-general (Red Hat package)
cephadm-ansible (Red Hat package)
libarrow (Red Hat package)
ceph-resource-agents
ceph-prometheus-alerts
ceph-mib
ceph-mgr-rook
ceph-mgr-modules-core
ceph-mgr-k8sevents
ceph-mgr-diskprediction-local
ceph-mgr-dashboard
ceph-mgr-cephadm
ceph-grafana-dashboards
rbd-nbd
rbd-mirror
rbd-fuse
rados-objclass-devel
python3-rgw
python3-rbd
python3-rados
python3-cephfs
python3-ceph-common
python3-ceph-argparse
libcephsqlite
librgw2
ceph-mgr
libcephfs2
libcephfs-devel
cephfs-shell
cephfs-mirror
ceph-test
ceph-selinux
ceph-radosgw
ceph-osd
ceph-mon
ceph-volume
ceph-mds
ceph-immutable-object-cache
ceph-fuse
ceph-exporter
ceph-common
ceph-base
ceph
cephfs-top
cephadm
librbd1
librbd-devel
libradosstriper1
libradosstriper-devel
libradospp-devel
librados2
librados-devel
libcephsqlite-devel
librgw-devel
ceph-debuginfo
ceph-debugsource
ceph (Red Hat package)
re2 (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Ceph Storage

Install updates from vendor's website.

Ceph - addressed in versions 17.2.8, 18.2.5, 19.2.3
thrift (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.15.0-3.el9cp, 0.20.0-4.el10cp
ansible-collection-ansible-posix (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.2.0-1.3.el9ost, 2.0.0-1.el10cp
libunwind (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.2-2.el9cp, 1.8.0-4.el10cp
liborc (Red Hat package) - update to 2.0.3-2.el10cp
nvml (Red Hat package) - update to 2.1.0-3.el10cp
oath-toolkit (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.6.12-1.el9cp, 2.6.12-1.el10cp
gperftools (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.9.1-5.el9cp, 2.9.1-5.el10cp
lttng-ust (Red Hat package) - update to 2.13.7-5.el10cp
protobuf (Red Hat package) - update to 3.19.6-12.el10
ansible-collection-community-general (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.0.0-1.1.el9ost, 10.7.3-1.el10cp
cephadm-ansible (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.1.4-1.el9cp, 4.1.4-1.el10cp
Red Hat Ceph Storage - update to 9.0
libarrow (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 9.0.0-10.el9cp, 15.0.2-3.el10cp
ceph-resource-agents - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-prometheus-alerts - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mib - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mgr-rook - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mgr-modules-core - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mgr-k8sevents - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mgr-diskprediction-local - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mgr-dashboard - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mgr-cephadm - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-grafana-dashboards - update to 18.2.1-5
rbd-nbd - update to 18.2.1-5
rbd-mirror - update to 18.2.1-5
rbd-fuse - update to 18.2.1-5
rados-objclass-devel - update to 18.2.1-5
python3-rgw - update to 18.2.1-5
python3-rbd - update to 18.2.1-5
python3-rados - update to 18.2.1-5
python3-cephfs - update to 18.2.1-5
python3-ceph-common - update to 18.2.1-5
python3-ceph-argparse - update to 18.2.1-5
libcephsqlite - update to 18.2.1-5
librgw2 - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mgr - update to 18.2.1-5
libcephfs2 - update to 18.2.1-5
libcephfs-devel - update to 18.2.1-5
cephfs-shell - update to 18.2.1-5
cephfs-mirror - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-test - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-selinux - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-radosgw - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-osd - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mon - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-volume - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-mds - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-immutable-object-cache - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-fuse - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-exporter - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-common - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph-base - update to 18.2.1-5
ceph - update to 18.2.1-5
cephfs-top - update to 18.2.1-5
cephadm - update to 18.2.1-5
librbd1 - update to 18.2.1-5
librbd-devel - update to 18.2.1-5
libradosstriper1 - update to 18.2.1-5
libradosstriper-devel - update to 18.2.1-5
libradospp-devel - update to 18.2.1-5
librados2 - update to 18.2.1-5
librados-devel - update to 18.2.1-5
libcephsqlite-devel - update to 18.2.1-5
librgw-devel - update to 18.2.1-5
cephadm - update to 18.2.2-8
cephfs-top - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-base - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-common - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-debuginfo - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-debugsource - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-exporter - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-fuse - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-immutable-object-cache - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-volume - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-resource-agents - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-prometheus-alerts - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mib - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mgr-rook - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mgr-modules-core - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mgr-k8sevents - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mgr-diskprediction-local - update to 18.2.2-8
librbd1 - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mgr-dashboard - update to 18.2.2-8
libcephfs2 - update to 18.2.2-8
librbd-devel - update to 18.2.2-8
libradosstriper1 - update to 18.2.2-8
libradosstriper-devel - update to 18.2.2-8
libradospp-devel - update to 18.2.2-8
librados2 - update to 18.2.2-8
librados-devel - update to 18.2.2-8
libcephsqlite-devel - update to 18.2.2-8
libcephsqlite - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mds - update to 18.2.2-8
libcephfs-devel - update to 18.2.2-8
cephfs-mirror - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-test - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-selinux - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-radosgw - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-osd - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mon - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mgr - update to 18.2.2-8
python3-ceph-common - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-grafana-dashboards - update to 18.2.2-8
rbd-nbd - update to 18.2.2-8
rbd-mirror - update to 18.2.2-8
rbd-fuse - update to 18.2.2-8
rados-objclass-devel - update to 18.2.2-8
python3-rgw - update to 18.2.2-8
python3-rbd - update to 18.2.2-8
python3-rados - update to 18.2.2-8
python3-cephfs - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph-mgr-cephadm - update to 18.2.2-8
python3-ceph-argparse - update to 18.2.2-8
librgw2 - update to 18.2.2-8
librgw-devel - update to 18.2.2-8
ceph (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 20.1.0-144.el9cp, 20.1.0-144.el10cp
re2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 20211101-4.el9cp, 20211101-4.el10cp

• https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/60314
• https://github.com/ceph/ceph/security/advisories/GHSA-89hm-qq33-2fjm

• Privilege escalation in Ceph
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for ceph
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for ceph
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP2 update for ceph
• Anolis OS update for ceph
• Anolis OS update for ceph
• Anolis OS update for ceph
• Anolis OS update for ceph
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Ceph Storage 9