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Go to dashboardSamba, the Windows file and print sharing server, can be made to run code it should not. A malicious client uploads a shared library to a writable share and gets the server to load and execute it.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
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| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samba Samba | vendor | – | – |
| samba | vendor | >= 3.5.0, < 4.4.0 | 4.4.0 |
| samba | vendor | >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.14 | 4.4.14 |
| samba | vendor | >= 4.5.0, < 4.5.10 | 4.5.10 |
| samba | vendor | >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.4 | 4.6.4 |
| debian linux | vendor | = 8.0 | – |
Unknown from the sources.
Apply the Samba update per vendor instructions; the affected and fixed versions are not stated in the sources.
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
Samba since version 3.5.0 and before 4.6.4, 4.5.10 and 4.4.14 is vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerability, allowing a malicious client to upload a shared library to a writable share, and then cause the server to load and execute it.
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