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CVE-2023-34968

Samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 20, 2023 at 02:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:04 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraEnterprise Linux

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
11.012.0
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
3738
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
8.09.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.15.5-15.el8_6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.17.5-5.el8_8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.6-1.el8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.6-100.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unknown)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unknown)
Storage· Red Hatrpm
95%
3.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 3 (unknown)
SAMBA· Samba
95%
v < 4.16.114.17.0 ≤ v < 4.17.104.18.0 ≤ v < 4.18.5
Affected range stops below 4.16.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.17.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.18.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (11)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580
VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968
Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BPCSGND7LO467AJGR5DYBGZLTCGTOBCC/

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-201NVD-CWE-noinfo

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