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TI-2018-01317 Aliases CVE-2018-1431GHSA-rgpj-748v-34f2

A vulnerability in GSKit affects IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.3, and 5.0.0…

Priority LOW 34Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A vulnerability in GSKit affects IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.3, and 5.0.0 that could allow a local attacker to obtain control of the Spectrum Scale daemon and to access and modify files in the Spectrum Scale file system, and possibly to obtain administrator privileges on the node. IBM X-Force ID: 139240.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00368 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IBMSpectrum Scale4.1.1; 4.2.0; 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.2.3; 5.0.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Spectrum Scale VendorIBM Affected 4.1.1; 4.2.0; 4.2.1; 4.2.2; 4.2.3; 5.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.0.0 – 4.1.0.8VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1.0 – 4.1.1.19; 4.2.0.0 – 4.2.0.4; 4.2.1.0 – 4.2.1.2; 4.2.2.0 – 4.2.2.3; 4.2.3.0 – 4.2.3.8; 5.0.0.0 – 5.0.0.2VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0.0 – 4.1.0.8 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1.0 – 4.1.1.19; 4.2.0.0 – 4.2.0.4; 4.2.1.0 – 4.2.1.2; 4.2.2.0 – 4.2.2.3; 4.2.3.0 – 4.2.3.8; 5.0.0.0 – 5.0.0.2 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1431
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rgpj-748v-34f2

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2015-00170 IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.4 before 3.4.0.32, 3.5 before 3.5.0.24, and 4.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2016-05248 Memory corruption in IBM Spectrum Scale CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2016-00320 IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5 before 3.5.0.29 efix 6 and 4.1.1 before… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2015-04184 IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.x before 3.5.0.27 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2015-00169 IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.4 before 3.4.0.32, 3.5 before 3.5.0.24, and 4.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2016-02494 IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.x before 4.1.1.8 and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.4 and General Parallel… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0
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Sources

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