CVE-2022-48340

Exp

In Gluster GlusterFS 11.0, there is an xlators/cluster/dht/src/dht-common.c dht_setxattr_mds_cbk use-after-free.

Published: 2023-02-21 Last update: 2025-03-14 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-48340 is rated Exploit Available (52.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-48340

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-48340

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.29% 0.07% -0.21%
2 2025-11-18 0.05% 0.29% +0.23%
3 2024-01-21 0.05%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-48340

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-48340

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-48340

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-48340 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (glusterfs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48340
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48340
suse high CVE-2022-48340 severity important: SUSE including 17 source package names (glusterfs, glusterfs-11.2-bp156.4.3.1, …), 27 product×package rows across 3 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7, SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6): Fixed 16, Will Not Fix 11. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48340/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-48340 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (glusterfs), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, released 4, needed 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48340

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-48340

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gluster glusterfs 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:gluster:glusterfs:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-48340

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