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TI-2018-07658 Aliases CVE-2018-10841GHSA-383h-f6wm-hpxc

Authentication bypass in Red Hat glusterfs

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-288Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-288.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0123 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red Hatglusterfsall—No fix listedCNA
  • glusterfs VendorRed Hat Affected all Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.1.8VulnerableGluster
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.1.8 Vulnerable ·Gluster
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2018:1954 Released 2018-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    glusterfs security update
    • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-7 glusterfs-3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs, glusterfs-api-3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs, glusterfs-api-devel-3.8.4-54.10.el7rhgs +12
    • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 glusterfs-3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-api-3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-api-devel-3.8.4-54.10.el7 +7
    • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts glusterfs-3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-api-3.8.4-54.10.el7, glusterfs-api-devel-3.8.4-54.10.el7 +7
  • RHSA-2018:1955 Released 2018-06-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    glusterfs security update
    • Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-6 glusterfs-3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs, glusterfs-api-3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs, glusterfs-api-devel-3.8.4-54.11.el6rhs +11
    • Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 glusterfs-3.8.4-54.11.el6, glusterfs-api-3.8.4-54.11.el6, glusterfs-api-devel-3.8.4-54.11.el6 +7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-6Fixed RHSA-2018:1955
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server 3.3 on RHEL-7Fixed RHSA-2018:1954
Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed RHSA-2018:1955
Red Hat Storage Native Client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed RHSA-2018:1954
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 HostsFixed RHSA-2018:1954
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-10841
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-383h-f6wm-hpxc

References

Patch 1

Advisory 5

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Sources

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