Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 8.1/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat, Inc. | glusterfs | 3.x |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1136Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1137Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1275Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1524Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1558721Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1136Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1137Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1275Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1524Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1558721Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 18, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified