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CVE-2018-1088

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client...

8.1 HighPublic exploitFix available

CVE-2018-1088 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Redhat Gluster Storage, published April 18, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.49%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in glusterfs 4.0.2-1.

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

5.49%Down 1.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.1

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Record
CVE-2018-1088
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-266
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Record
CVE-2018-1088
Weakness
CWE-266
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11738 No score

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Record
EUVD-2018-11738
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rf3g-r74x-84j6 8.1

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client...

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Record
GHSA-rf3g-r74x-84j6
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-266
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.1

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Record
CVE-2018-1088
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-1088 8.1

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1088
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2018:1136 8.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: glusterfs security update

Record
RHSA-2018:1136
CVSS 3.0
8.3 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:1137 8.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: glusterfs security update

Record
RHSA-2018:1137
CVSS 3.0
8.3 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:1275 8.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-virtualization-host security update

Record
RHSA-2018:1275
CVSS 3.0
8.3 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:1524 8.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-virtualization-host bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2018:1524
CVSS 3.0
8.3 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-1088 8.1

A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1088
CVSS 3.1
8.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0079-1 No score

Security update for glusterfs

This update for glusterfs fixes the following issues:

glusterfs was update to release 3.12.15:

  • Fixed a number of bugs and security issues:
  • CVE-2018-1088, CVE-2018-1112 [boo#1090084], CVE-2018-10904 [boo#1107018], CVE-2018-10907 [boo#1107019], CVE-2018-10911 [boo#1107020], CVE-2018-10913 [boo#1107021], CVE-2018-10914 [boo#1107022], CVE-2018-10923 [boo#1107023], CVE-2018-10924 [boo#1107024], CVE-2018-10926 [boo#1107025], CVE-2018-10927 [boo#1107026], CVE-2018-10928 [boo#1107027], CVE-2018-10928 [boo#1107027], CVE-2018-10929 [boo#1107028], CVE-2018-10930 [boo#1107029], boo#1105776 .
Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0079-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10794-1 No score

glusterfs-9.1-1.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the glusterfs-9.1-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10794-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4770-1 No score

glusterfs vulnerabilities

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled network requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-3619)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled user permissions. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this to add himself to a trusted storage pool and perform privileged operations on volumes. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-10841)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled mounting gluster volumes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to also mount shared gluster volumes and escalate privileges through malicious cronjobs. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-1088)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled file paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10904)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled mounting volumes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or run arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10907)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled negative key length values. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10911)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled FUSE requests. An attacker could use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10913, CVE-2018-10914)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled the file creation process. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-10923)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled certain inputs. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-10924)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled RPC requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files to an arbitrary location and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10926, CVE-2018-10927, CVE-2018-10928, CVE-2018-10929, CVE-2018-10930)

It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2018-10926, CVE-2018-10927, CVE-2018-10928, CVE-2018-10929, CVE-2018-10930 was incomplete. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14651)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled certain files. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14652)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled RPC requests. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2018-14653)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled mount volumes operation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-14654)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled certain files. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to create arbitrary files. (CVE-2018-14659)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this is issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-14660)

It was discovered that GlusterFS incorrectly handled strings. A remote authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14661)

Record
USN-4770-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glusterfs
Debian:12
before 4.0.2-1
4.0.2-1
glusterfs
Debian:13
before 4.0.2-1
4.0.2-1
glusterfs
Debian:14
before 4.0.2-1
4.0.2-1
glusterfs
Debian:9
before 3.8.8-1+deb9u1, plus listed versions
3.8.8-1
3.8.8-1+deb9u1
glusterfs
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-api
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-api-devel
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-cli
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-client-xlators
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-debuginfo
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
glusterfs-devel
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-events
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-fuse
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-ganesha
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-geo-replication
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-libs
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-rdma
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-resource-agents
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs-server
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
python-gluster
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7rhgs
glusterfs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-api
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-api-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-cli
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-client-xlators
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-fuse
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-rdma
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
python-gluster
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-api
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-api-devel
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-cli
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-client-xlators
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-debuginfo
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-devel
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-fuse
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-libs
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs-rdma
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
python-gluster
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el7
before 0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
0:3.8.4-54.6.el7
glusterfs
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-api
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-api-devel
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-cli
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-client-xlators
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-debuginfo
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-devel
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-events
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-fuse
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-ganesha
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-geo-replication
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-libs
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-rdma
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs-server
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
python-gluster
Red Hat:storage:3.3:server:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs
glusterfs
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-api
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-api-devel
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-cli
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-client-xlators
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-debuginfo
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-devel
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-fuse
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-libs
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
glusterfs-rdma
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
python-gluster
Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6
before 0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
0:3.8.4-54.7.el6
redhat-virtualization-host
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.1-20180426.0.el7_5
0:4.1-20180426.0.el7_5
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.1-20180426.0.el7_5
0:4.1-20180426.0.el7_5
redhat-release-virtualization-host
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.1-11.0.el7
0:4.1-11.0.el7
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.1-11.0.el7
0:4.1-11.0.el7
redhat-virtualization-host
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.2-20180508.0.el7_5
0:4.2-20180508.0.el7_5
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.2-20180508.0.el7_5
0:4.2-20180508.0.el7_5
imgbased
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:1.0.16-0.1.el7ev
0:1.0.16-0.1.el7ev
ovirt-node-ng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.2.0-0.20170814.0.el7
0:4.2.0-0.20170814.0.el7
ovirt-node-ng-nodectl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.2.0-0.20170814.0.el7
0:4.2.0-0.20170814.0.el7
python-imgbased
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:1.0.16-0.1.el7ev
0:1.0.16-0.1.el7ev
redhat-release-virtualization-host
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.2-3.0.el7
0:4.2-3.0.el7
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.2-3.0.el7
0:4.2-3.0.el7
glusterfs
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 3.7.6-1ubuntu1+esm1, plus listed versions
3.7.3-1ubuntu13.7.3-1ubuntu23.7.6-1ubuntu1
3.7.6-1ubuntu1+esm1
glusterfs
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
before 3.13.2-1ubuntu1+esm1, plus listed versions
3.11.2-13.12.1-13.12.2-13.12.2-23.12.3-1
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3.13.0-13.13.2-13.13.2-1build13.13.2-1ubuntu1
3.13.2-1ubuntu1+esm1
glusterfs
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 3.4.2-1ubuntu1+esm1, plus listed versions
3.2.7-3ubuntu23.4.1-1ubuntu13.4.1-2ubuntu13.4.2-1ubuntu1
3.4.2-1ubuntu1+esm1
glusterfs
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
before 3.12.15-lp151.3.3.1
3.12.15-lp151.3.3.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubMauroEldritch/GEVAUDAN2018-06-11

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliases, productsEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

References

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