CVE-2018-1088

HIGHNVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 5%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EPSS
91.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 18, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (16)

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuglusterfs-common (3.7.6-1ubuntu1+esm1) @ xenial2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20180508.02018-05-15redhat
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.1-20180426.02018-05-02redhat
redhatglusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.7.el6rhs2018-04-18redhat
redhatglusterfs-0:3.8.4-54.6.el72018-04-18redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(5)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCMauroEldritch/GEVAUDAN
    First seen Jun 11, 2018

    Exploit for Red Hat / GlusterFS CVE-2018-1088 & CVE-2018-1112, featured @ DEFCON 26, Las Vegas!

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-1088?
CVE-2018-1088 is a high vulnerability published on April 18, 2018. A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster volumes could also mount shared gluster storage volume and escalate privileges by scheduling malicious cronjob via symlink.
When was CVE-2018-1088 disclosed?
CVE-2018-1088 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 18, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-1088 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-1088 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 91.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-1088?
CVE-2018-1088 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-1088?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-1088, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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