NVMe-oF over RDMA: NVMe-over-Fabrics inherits RDMA's lack of authentication

Impact

NVMe-over-Fabrics inherits RDMA's lack of authentication; storage targets are addressable by any host on the fabric, so a compromised tenant node can reach other tenants' namespaces. No CVE — design

Who can reach it

Fabric-local

What to do

Enforce NVMe-oF host NQN allowlisting plus DH-HMAC-CHAP authentication and separate storage fabric; costs throughput and adds provisioning complexity

References

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