Uncontrolled resource consumption in Red Hat glusterfs
Priority LOW 33CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to launch a denial of service attack by making gluster clients consume memory of the host machine.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01898 79th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Storage 3
- Red Hat Virtualization 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-10924
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cjxq-5pxf-g82j
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Sources
- CVE-2018-10924 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-10924 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cjxq-5pxf-g82j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-10924 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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