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CVE-2018-10928

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 4, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:34 AM UTC
7 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise LinuxLeap

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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 this flaw to create arbitrary symlinks pointing anywhere on the server and execute arbitrary code on glusterfs server nodes.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
8.09.0
Glusterfs· Gluster
95%
3.12 ≤ v < 3.12.144.1 ≤ v < 4.1.8
Affected range stops below 3.12.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%
15.1
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
6.07.0
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.07.0
Gluster Storage· Red Hat
95%
3.0
Virtualization Host· Red Hat
95%
4.0

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2607
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2608
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10928
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00021.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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