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glusterfs — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10928

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

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10928

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Sept 2018, 15:29 UTC

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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      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:53.311995750Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 422493,
  "published_at": "2018-09-04T15:29:00.677+00:00"
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