8.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-10841
GlusterFS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 20, 2018, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:42 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-10841 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Gluster glusterfs
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-10841.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10841 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20328/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10841 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20328/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-10841 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10841
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
    Added Reference https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20328/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A flaw was found in glusterfs which can lead 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. 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.
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10841 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582043 [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-288
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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. A flaw was found in glusterfs which can lead 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.
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582043 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10841 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-288
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-288 / Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.12.10 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.1.8
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-288
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20328/ No Types Assigned https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20328/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10841 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10841 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.12.10
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.16 }} -0.02%

score

0.52995

percentile

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