Globus maintains the Globus Toolkit, a specialized data management and grid-computing infrastructure platform with a narrowly focused but prominent role in high-performance computing and scientific research environments. The toolkit's disclosed vulnerabilities center on input-validation issues, reflecting the complexity of its data-movement and authentication-handling mechanisms. Current exploitation activity and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Globus over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (5 CVEs).
5 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2012-3292HIGH The GridFTP in Globus Toolkit (GT) before 5.2.2, when certain autoconf macros are defined, does not properly check the return value from the getpwnam_r function, which might allow | Jun 7, 2012 | 7.6 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2007-2784HIGH Unspecified vulnerability in globus-job-manager in Globus Toolkit 4.1.1 and earlier (globus_nexus-6.6 and earlier) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource ex | May 21, 2007 | 7.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2011-0738MEDIUM MyProxy 5.0 through 5.2, as used in Globus Toolkit 5.0.0 through 5.0.2, does not properly verify the (1) hostname or (2) identity in the X.509 certificate for the myproxy-server, w | Feb 2, 2011 | 4.3 | 17 | NO | NO |
Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on | Aug 18, 2006 | 3.6 | 13 | NO | NO |
Race condition in the grid-proxy-init tool in Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allows local users to steal credential data by replacing the proxy credentials | Aug 18, 2006 | 1.2 | 11 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (5 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Globus.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Globus — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.