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CVE-2018-10841 json

glusterfs is vulnerable to privilege escalation on gluster server nodes.

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-2910

cvss
6.6
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gluster glusterfs 4.1.8
  • glusterfs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.1.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10841

  • glusterfs Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.7.6-1ubuntu1+esm1
  • glusterfs Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.13.2-1ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10841

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • glusterfs storage 3.3 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs storage 3, RHEL 7 3.8.4-54.10.el7
  • glusterfs-api storage 3.3 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs-api storage 3, RHEL 7 3.8.4-54.10.el7
  • glusterfs-cli storage 3.3 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs-cli storage 3, RHEL 7 3.8.4-54.10.el7
  • glusterfs-fuse storage 3.3 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs
  • glusterfs-fuse storage 3, RHEL 7 3.8.4-54.10.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1954RHSA-2018:1955

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-10841 updated cvss 6.6

glusterfs: access trusted peer group via remote-host command

  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-6 glusterfs 3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs, glusterfs-api 3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs, glusterfs-cli 3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs, glusterfs-fuse 3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs, glusterfs-libs 3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs, glusterfs-rdma 3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1955
  • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-7 glusterfs 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs, glusterfs-api 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs, glusterfs-cli 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs, glusterfs-fuse 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs, glusterfs-libs 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs, glusterfs-rdma 3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1954
  • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs 3.8.4-54.11.el6, glusterfs-api 3.8.4-54.11.el6, glusterfs-cli 3.8.4-54.11.el6, glusterfs-fuse 3.8.4-54.11.el6, glusterfs-libs 3.8.4-54.11.el6, glusterfs-rdma 3.8.4-54.11.el6, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1955
  • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glusterfs 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-api 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-cli 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-fuse 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-libs 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-rdma 3.8.4-54.10.el7, +2 more Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts glusterfs 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-api 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-cli 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-fuse 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-libs 3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-rdma 3.8.4-54.10.el7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1954
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs, glusterfs-api, glusterfs-cli, glusterfs-fuse, glusterfs-libs, glusterfs-rdma, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 glusterfs, glusterfs-api, glusterfs-cli, glusterfs-fuse, glusterfs-libs, glusterfs-rdma, +2 more Red Hat Virtualization 4 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat glusterfs

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

References

Sources

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