CVE-2018-1088

HIGH

Gluster Storage 3.x < 3.13.2 - Privilege Escalation via Snapshot Scheduler Symlink

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-1088. PoCs published by MauroEldritch.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a working exploit for CVE-2018-1088 and CVE-2018-1112, targeting GlusterFS. The exploit leverages improper access controls in GlusterFS's shared storage volume to escalate privileges by injecting a malicious cron job.

Description

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 10 stars
by MauroEldritch · poc
https://github.com/MauroEldritch/GEVAUDAN

This repository contains a working exploit for CVE-2018-1088 and CVE-2018-1112, targeting GlusterFS. The exploit leverages improper access controls in GlusterFS's shared storage volume to escalate privileges by injecting a malicious cron job.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: GlusterFS 3.8.8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Root access to execute the exploit · GlusterFS client tools installed · Target GlusterFS instance with shared storage enabled
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1137
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1275
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1524
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1558721
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1136
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0537
EPSS Percentile 91.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-266
Status published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/gluster_storage 3.0 - 3.13.2
redhat/virtualization 4.0
redhat/virtualization_host 4.0
Published Apr 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026