BIT-ceph-2024-47866: RGW DoS attack with empty HTTP header in S3 object copy

Published Nov 12, 2025
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Updated

Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform. In versions up to and including 19.2.3, using the argument x-amz-copy-source to put an object and specifying an empty string as its content leads to the RGW daemon crashing, resulting in a DoS attack. As of time of publication, no known patched versions exist.

Affected Software

1 affected component
ceph Ceph<=19.2.3

Event History

Nov 12, 2025
CVE Published
via OSV·06:28 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·06:28 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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