Vulnerability in Gluster Glusterfs
CVE-2018-10841
glusterfs is vulnerable to privilege escalation on gluster server nodes. An authenticated gluster client via TLS could use gluster cli with --remote-host command to add it self to trusted storage pool and perform privileged gluster operations like adding other machines to trusted storage pool, start, stop, and delete volumes.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (68.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Gluster Glusterfs
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Red Hat Glusterfs — versions all
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- review.gluster.org/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-10841?
- CVE-2018-10841 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gluster Glusterfs, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-20.
- How severe is CVE-2018-10841?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.