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CVE-2018-10923
It was found that the "mknod" call derived from mknod(2) can create files pointing to devices on a glusterfs server node. An authenticated…
High7.6EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
It was found that the "mknod" call derived from mknod(2) can create files pointing to devices on a glusterfs server node. An authenticated attacker could use this to create an arbitrary device and read data from any device attached to the glusterfs server node.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
References (8)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10923 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2607 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180920 [SECURITY] [DLA 1510-1] glusterfs security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2608 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201904-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211101 [SECURITY] [DLA 2806-1] glusterfs security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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