A flaw was found in the way dic_unserialize function of glusterfs does not handle negative key length values.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 87.4% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: glusterfs (Debian:12) 4.1.4-1; glusterfs (Debian:8) 3.5.2-2+deb8u4; glusterfs (Debian:9) 3.8.8-1+deb9u1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to glusterfs (Debian:12) 4.1.4-1; glusterfs (Debian:8) 3.5.2-2+deb8u4; glusterfs (Debian:9) 3.8.8-1+deb9u1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A flaw was found in the way dic_unserialize function of glusterfs does not handle negative key length values. An attacker could use this flaw to read memory from other locations into the stored dict value.
- Published
- Sep 4, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.0% · 87th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-190
Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.0%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.5
- CNA · redhat
- 6.5
- 1.0 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| gluster | glusterfs | cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs |
| redhat | virtualization host | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
| opensuse | leap | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux8.0
- debian debian linux9.0
- gluster glusterfs4.1.0 and later · before 4.1.8
- gluster glusterfs3.12.0 and later · before 3.12.14
- opensuse leap15.1
- redhat enterprise linux desktop6.0
- redhat enterprise linux desktop7.0
- redhat enterprise linux server6.0
- redhat enterprise linux server7.0
- redhat enterprise linux workstation6.0
- redhat enterprise linux workstation7.0
- redhat virtualization host4.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Red Hat glusterfs:
- n/aaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | glusterfs | before 4.1.4-1 | 4.1.4-1 |
| Debian:8 | glusterfs | before 3.5.2-2+deb8u4 | 3.5.2-2+deb8u4 |
| Debian:9 | glusterfs | before 3.8.8-1+deb9u1 | 3.8.8-1+deb9u1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | glusterfs | before 3.12.15-lp151.3.3.1 | 3.12.15-lp151.3.3.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-api | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-api-devel | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-cli | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-client-xlators | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-debuginfo | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-devel | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-fuse | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-libs | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | glusterfs-rdma | before 0:3.12.2-18.el7 | 0:3.12.2-18.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | imgbased | before 0:1.0.29-1.el7ev | 0:1.0.29-1.el7ev |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | python-imgbased | before 0:1.0.29-1.el7ev | 0:1.0.29-1.el7ev |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | redhat-release-virtualization-host | before 0:4.2-7.3.el7 | 0:4.2-7.3.el7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | redhat-virtualization-host | before 0:4.2-20181026.0.el7_6 | 0:4.2-20181026.0.el7_6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | redhat-virtualization-host-image-update | before 0:4.2-20181026.0.el7_6 | 0:4.2-20181026.0.el7_6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor | redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder | before 0:4.2-7.3.el7 | 0:4.2-7.3.el7 |
| Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6 | glusterfs | before 0:3.12.2-18.el6 | 0:3.12.2-18.el6 |
| Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6 | glusterfs-api | before 0:3.12.2-18.el6 | 0:3.12.2-18.el6 |
| Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6 | glusterfs-api-devel | before 0:3.12.2-18.el6 | 0:3.12.2-18.el6 |
| Red Hat:storage:3:client:el6 | glusterfs-cli | before 0:3.12.2-18.el6 | 0:3.12.2-18.el6 |
+43
Same product
gluster: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-10929A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs2_create_req in glusterfs server.36Monitor
- CVE-2018-10928A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_symlink_req in glusterfs server which allows symlink destinations to point to file paths outside 36Monitor
- CVE-2018-10926A flaw was found in RPC request using gfs3_mknod_req supported by glusterfs server.36Monitor
- CVE-2018-10907It was found that glusterfs server is vulnerable to multiple stack based buffer overflows due to functions in server-rpc-fopc.c allocating f36Monitor
- CVE-2018-10904It was found that glusterfs server does not properly sanitize file paths in the "trusted.io-stats-dump" extended attribute which is used by 36Monitor
- CVE-2018-1112glusterfs server before versions 3.10.12, 4.0.2 is vulnerable when using 'auth.allow' option which allows any unauthenticated gluster client36Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:glusterfs | 4.1.4-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:glusterfs | 3.12.15-lp151.3.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-api | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-api-devel | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-cli | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-client-xlators | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-debuginfo | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-devel | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-events | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-fuse | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-ganesha | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-geo-replication | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:glusterfs-libs | 0:3.12.2-18.el7rhgs · Red Hat:storage:3.4:server:el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or WraparoundCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2607
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2608
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2892
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3242
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3470
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10911
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00021.html
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00000.html
- review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/21067/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.