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CVE-2021-3979

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.5 Published: 2022-08-25 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A key length flaw was found in Red Hat Ceph Storage. An attacker can exploit the fact that the key length is incorrectly passed in an encryption algorithm to create a non random key, which is weaker and can be exploited for loss of confidentiality and integrity on encrypted disks.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Enterprise LinuxRedhat Openstack PlatformRedhat Ceph Storage For PowerRedhat Openshift Data FoundationFedoraproject FedoraRedhat Openshift Container StorageRedhat Ceph StorageRedhat Ceph Storage For Ibm Z Systems

Weakness Type

CWE-327, CWE-287

References