CVE-2018-10841

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.30%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: Red Hat glusterfs
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10841 issue tracking third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20328/ third party advisory patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-10841?
CVE-2018-10841 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-10841?
To fix CVE-2018-10841, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-10841 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-10841 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-10841?
CVE-2018-10841 affects Red Hat glusterfs.
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