CVE-2018-1088

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.

Category

8.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.22% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: Red Hat, Inc. glusterfs
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1137 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1275 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1524 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1558721 issue tracking patch vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1136 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html mailing list 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-2018-1088?
CVE-2018-1088 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1088?
To fix CVE-2018-1088, 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-2018-1088 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1088 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-1088?
CVE-2018-1088 affects Red Hat, Inc. glusterfs.
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