CVE-2018-10923 HIGH

CVE-2018-10923

Vendor Red Hat
Product glusterfs
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published September 4, 2018
Last update August 5, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 4, 2018 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated