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CVE-2018-16857 json

Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords (to restrict brute forcing of p…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-8649

cvss
7.4
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords (to restrict brute forcing of passwords) in a window of more than 3 minutes may not watch for bad passwords at all. The primary risk from this issue is with regards to domains that have been upgraded from Samba 4.8 and earlier. In these cases the manual testing done to confirm an organisation's password policies apply as expected may not have been re-done after the upgrade.

Patch / fix

  • samba samba 4.9.3
  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:4.9.2+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16857

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11365-1

  • samba Arch Linux 4.9.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-823

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16857 updated cvss 7.4

samba: Bad password count in AD DC not always effective

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 samba, samba3x Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 samba, samba4, samba4-dc, samba-swat, samba4-libs, samba4-pidl, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ctdb, samba, samba-dc, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ctdb, samba, libnetapi, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +24 more Red Hat Storage 3 ctdb, samba, samba-dc, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +21 more Red Hat Virtualization 4 samba
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] samba

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-358 Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard

References

Sources

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