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.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10928
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2607
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2608
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
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
8.8
EPSS
0.0165
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (10)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
gluster/glusterfs
3.12 - 3.12.14
opensuse/leap
15.1
redhat/enterprise_linux
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/gluster_storage
3.0
redhat/virtualization_host
4.0
Published
Sep 04, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026