CVE-2021-3979 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-3979

A key length flaw was found in Red Hat Ceph...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ceph
Vulnerable Versions:
Not-Known

Timeline

Official Publish: August 25th, 2022
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)