glusterfs: access trusted peer group via remote-host command
Published Jun 20, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.28%
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.
Affected products
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- Version allStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Configuration 2
- 9.0
No data.
Native Client for RHEL 6 for Red Hat Storage
glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.11.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2018:1955
Native Client for RHEL 7 for Red Hat Storage
glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.10.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2018:1954
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 6
glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs
Fixed · RHSA-2018:1955
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 7
glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs
Fixed · RHSA-2018:1954
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.10.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2018:1954
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
glusterfs
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
glusterfs
Not affected
Red Hat Virtualization 4
redhat-virtualization-host
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Client for RHEL 6 for Red Hat Storage | glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.11.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1955 |
| Native Client for RHEL 7 for Red Hat Storage | glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.10.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1954 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 6 | glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1955 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 7 | glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1954 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | glusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.10.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1954 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | glusterfs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | glusterfs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 | redhat-virtualization-host | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 are not affected by this flaw as it only affects glusterfs-server package. Red Hat Virtualization Hypervisor is not impacted by this flaw, as it uses gluster in a controlled manner via vdsm.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.28% (0.01284) | 69.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.28% (0.01284) | 66.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.40% (0.00401) | 58.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00177) | 56.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 14, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00177) | 54.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 21, 2023 | 0.23% (0.00226) | 60.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 67.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00282) | 64.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 63.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 32.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10841 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582043 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10841 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10841
- https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20328/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10841
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1954 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1955 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10841 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582043 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10841 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10841 | ||
| https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20328/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10841 |
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