Security advisory
An information-disclosure flaw was found in the way that gluster-block before 0.5.1 logs the output from gluster-block CLI operations. This includes recording passwords to the cmd_history.log file which is world-readable. This flaw allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log file. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-10762
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An information-disclosure flaw was found in the way that gluster-block before 0.5.1 logs the output from gluster-block CLI operations. This includes recording passwords to the cmd_history.log file which is world-readable. This flaw allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log file. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
osv:CVE-2020-10762
Complete source record
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