It was found that Samba before versions 4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.13 always requested forwardable tickets when using Kerberos authentication.
It was found that Samba before versions 4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.13 always requested forwardable tickets when using Kerberos authentication. A service to which Samba authenticated using Kerberos could subsequently use the ticket to impersonate Samba to other services or domain users.
- Published
- Oct 31, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 9.2% · 95th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-287
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Action score
29
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 3 / 30 · 9.2%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.5
- CNA · redhat
- 6.4
- 0.1 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| samba | samba | cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba |
| redhat | gluster storage | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage |
| 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 server aus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server tus | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- redhat enterprise linux desktop6.0
- redhat enterprise linux desktop7.0
- redhat enterprise linux server6.0
- redhat enterprise linux server7.0
- redhat enterprise linux server aus7.4
- redhat enterprise linux server aus7.6
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.3
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.4
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.5
- redhat enterprise linux server eus7.6
- redhat enterprise linux server tus7.3
- redhat enterprise linux server tus7.6
- redhat enterprise linux workstation6.0
- redhat enterprise linux workstation7.0
- redhat gluster storage3.0
- samba samba4.5.0 and later · before 4.5.3
- samba samba4.4.0 and later · before 4.4.8
- samba samba3.0.25 and later · before 4.3.13
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.
[UNKNOWN] samba
- 4.5.3, 4.4.8, 4.3.13affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.2 | samba | from 3.0.25 · before 4.2.14-r1 | 4.2.14-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | samba | from 3.0.25 · before 4.4.5-r2 | 4.4.5-r2 |
| Debian:12 | samba | before 2:4.5.2+dfsg-2 | 2:4.5.2+dfsg-2 |
| Debian:7 | samba | before 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u11 | 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u11 |
| Debian:8 | samba | before 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u2 | 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u2 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | samba | before 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1 | 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libsmbclient | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | libsmbclient-devel | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-client | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-common | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-debuginfo | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-doc | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-domainjoin-gui | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-glusterfs | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-swat | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-winbind | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-winbind-clients | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-winbind-devel | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba-winbind-krb5-locator | before 0:3.6.23-41.el6 | 0:3.6.23-41.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba4 | before 0:4.2.10-9.el6 | 0:4.2.10-9.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba4-client | before 0:4.2.10-9.el6 | 0:4.2.10-9.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba4-common | before 0:4.2.10-9.el6 | 0:4.2.10-9.el6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | samba4-dc | before 0:4.2.10-9.el6 | 0:4.2.10-9.el6 |
+96
Same product
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- CVE-2015-0240The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x before 4.0.25, 4.1.x before 4.1.17, and 4.2.x befor66This week
- CVE-2003-0085Buffer overflow in the SMB/CIFS packet fragment re-assembly code for SMB daemon (smbd) in Samba before 2.2.8, and Samba-TNG before 0.3.1, al66This week
- CVE-2003-0201Buffer overflow in the call_trans2open function in trans2.c for Samba 2.2.x before 2.2.8a, 2.0.10 and earlier 2.0.x versions, and Samba-TNG 65This week
- CVE-2007-2446Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the NDR parsing in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.25rc3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary63This week
- CVE-2012-1182The RPC code generator in Samba 3.x before 3.4.16, 3.5.x before 3.5.14, and 3.6.x before 3.6.4 does not implement validation of an array len62This week
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 |
|---|---|---|
| alpine:samba | 4.2.14-r1 · Alpine:v3.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:samba | 2:4.5.2+dfsg-2 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:samba | 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:ctdb | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:ctdb-tests | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libsmbclient | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libsmbclient-devel | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libwbclient | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libwbclient-devel | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:samba | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:samba-client | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:samba-client-libs | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:samba-common | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:samba-common-libs | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:samba-common-tools | 0:4.4.6-4.el6rhs · Red Hat:storage:3.2:samba:el6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:samba | 4.4.2-31.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:samba-doc | 3.6.3-84.1 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5 | 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
- Someone on the same network segment 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
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-287 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);Fixed
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);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)
- Authentication AbuseCAPEC-114Medium
- Authentication BypassCAPEC-115Medium
- Identity SpoofingCAPEC-151likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Fake the Source of DataCAPEC-194Medium
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive DataCAPEC-57likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Session HijackingCAPEC-593likelihood: High · Very High
- Token ImpersonationCAPEC-633Medium
ATT&CK techniques
Noroxi analysis
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References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0494.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0495.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0662.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0744.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94988
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037494
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2125
- www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2125.html
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.