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CVE-2018-10928

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10928 is a critical flaw in the glusterfs server, affecting Debian, Gluster, OpenSUSE, and Red Hat distributions. An authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating RPC requests to create arbitrary symlinks outside the Gluster volume, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on server nodes. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Native Client for RHEL 6 for Red Hat StorageFixed in: glusterfs-0:3.12.2-18.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Native Client for RHEL 7 for Red Hat StorageFixed in: glusterfs-0:3.12.2-18.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 6Fixed in: glusterfs-0:3.12.2-18.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 6Fixed in: redhat-release-server-0:6Server-6.10.0.24.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 6Fixed in: redhat-storage-server-0:3.4.0.0-1.el6rhs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: glusterfs-0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: redhat-release-server-0:7.5-11.el7rhgs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: redhat-storage-server-0:3.4.0.0-1.el7rhgs
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: glusterfs-0:3.12.2-18.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: imgbased-0:1.0.29-1.el7ev
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.2-7.3.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20181026.0.el7_6
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-10928Important

glusterfs: Improper resolution of symlinks allows for privilege escalation

Sep 4, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2607
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2608
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3470
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201904-06
Third Party Advisory