CVE-2018-10928
A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside of the gluster volume. An authenticated attacker could use
02 Description
A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside of the gluster volume. An authenticated attacker could use
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-09-04 15:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 07:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-05-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 35b441b44621d0549982d4b82f08038dd1edb021a0f65c45f47048c8aacb6b16
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10928
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2607https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2607
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180920 [SECURITY] [DLA 1510-1] glusterfs security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00021.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2608https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2608
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3470https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201904-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0079http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211101 [SECURITY] [DLA 2806-1] glusterfs security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- glusterfs Fixed in 4.1.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- glusterfs Fixed in 4.1.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- glusterfs Fixed in 4.1.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- glusterfs Fixed in 3.4.2-1ubuntu1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- glusterfs Fixed in 3.7.6-1ubuntu1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- glusterfs Fixed in 3.13.2-1ubuntu1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.