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CVE-2018-10923
It was found that the "mknod" call derived from mknod(2) can create files pointing to devices on a glusterfs server node. An authenticated…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 24% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
It was found that the "mknod" call derived from mknod(2) can create files pointing to devices on a glusterfs server node. An authenticated attacker could use this to create an arbitrary device and read data from any device attached to the glusterfs server node.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
References
References8
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10923 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2607 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180920 [SECURITY] [DLA 1510-1] glusterfs security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2608 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201904-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211101 [SECURITY] [DLA 2806-1] glusterfs security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-2977 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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