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Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-25718

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity missing authorization in samba. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in the way samba, as an Active Directory Domain Controller, is able to support an RODC (read-only domain controller). This would allow an RODC to print administrator tickets.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20samba4.15.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25718
Alpine:v3.21samba4.15.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25718
Alpine:v3.22samba4.15.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25718
Alpine:v3.23samba4.15.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25718
Alpine:v3.24samba4.15.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25718
Debian:12samba2:4.13.14+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25718
Debian:13samba2:4.13.14+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25718
Debian:14samba2:4.13.14+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25718
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSsamba2:4.13.14+dfsg-0ubuntu1UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25718

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a samba samba 4.15.2, samba 4.14.10, samba 4.13.14

Weakness: CWE-862

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