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glusterfs — security advisory
A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside of the gluster volume. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create arbitrary symlinks pointing anywhere on the server and execute arbitrary code on glusterfs server nodes.
- Products
- glusterfs
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.1.4-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-10928
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside of the gluster volume. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to create arbitrary symlinks pointing anywhere on the server and execute arbitrary code on glusterfs server nodes.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10928
glusterfs
Fixed versions: 4.1.4-1
glusterfs
Fixed versions: 4.1.4-1
glusterfs
Fixed versions: 4.1.4-1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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