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CVE-2019-10197 json

A flaw was found in samba versions 4.9.x up to 4.9.13, samba 4.10.x up to 4.10.8 and samba 4.11.x up to 4.11.0rc3, when certain parameters…

published 2019-09-03 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-2218

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in samba versions 4.9.x up to 4.9.13, samba 4.10.x up to 4.10.8 and samba 4.11.x up to 4.11.0rc3, when certain parameters were set in the samba configuration file. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to escape the shared directory and access the contents of directories outside the share.

Patch / fix

  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:4.9.13+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-10197

  • samba RHEL 8 4.11.2-13.el8
  • ctdb RHEL 8 4.11.2-13.el8
  • ctdb-tests RHEL 8 4.11.2-13.el8
  • openchange RHEL 8 2.3-24.el8
  • samba-libs RHEL 8 4.11.2-13.el8
  • samba-pidl RHEL 8 4.11.2-13.el8
  • samba-test RHEL 8 4.11.2-13.el8
  • libwbclient RHEL 8 4.11.2-13.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1878RHSA-2020:1084RHSA-2019:4023RHSA-2019:3253

  • samba SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 +1 more 4.10.17+git.203.862547088ca-3.14.1
  • ldb SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.5.8-3.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:2673-1

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.14.6+git.182.2205d5224e3-1.1
  • samba openSUSE Leap 15.1 4.9.5+git.187.71edee57d5a-lp151.2.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11365-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2142-1

  • samba Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 4.10.8-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-10197

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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-2019-10197 updated cvss 6.5

samba: Combination of parameters and permissions can allow user to escape from the share path definition

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) ctdb-debuginfo 4.11.2-13.el8, samba-debuginfo 4.11.2-13.el8, libwbclient-devel 4.11.2-13.el8, samba-debugsource 4.11.2-13.el8, libsmbclient-devel 4.11.2-13.el8, ctdb-tests-debuginfo 4.11.2-13.el8, +16 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) openchange 2.3-24.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) ctdb 4.11.2-13.el8, samba 4.11.2-13.el8, ctdb-tests 4.11.2-13.el8, samba-libs 4.11.2-13.el8, samba-pidl 4.11.2-13.el8, samba-test 4.11.2-13.el8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1878
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) samba 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, libwbclient 4.10.4-10.el7, libsmbclient 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-client 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-common 4.10.4-10.el7, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) samba 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-dc 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-pidl 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-test 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-python 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-dc-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) samba 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, libwbclient 4.10.4-10.el7, libsmbclient 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-client 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-common 4.10.4-10.el7, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) samba 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-dc 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-pidl 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-test 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-python 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-dc-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) samba 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, libwbclient 4.10.4-10.el7, libsmbclient 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-client 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-common 4.10.4-10.el7, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) samba-dc 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-pidl 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-test 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-python 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-dc-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-test-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, +3 more
    +3 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Resilient Storage (v. 7) ctdb 4.10.4-10.el7, ctdb-tests 4.10.4-10.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) samba 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, libwbclient 4.10.4-10.el7, libsmbclient 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-client 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-common 4.10.4-10.el7, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) samba-dc 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-pidl 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-test 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-dc-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-test-libs 4.10.4-10.el7, samba-python-test 4.10.4-10.el7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1084
  • Red Hat Gluster 3.5 Samba on RHEL-6 ctdb 4.9.8-110.el6rhs, samba 4.9.8-110.el6rhs, samba-dc 4.9.8-110.el6rhs, samba-libs 4.9.8-110.el6rhs, samba-pidl 4.9.8-110.el6rhs, libwbclient 4.9.8-110.el6rhs, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4023
  • Red Hat Gluster 3.5 Samba on RHEL-7 ctdb 4.9.8-109.el7rhgs, samba 4.9.8-109.el7rhgs, samba-dc 4.9.8-109.el7rhgs, samba-libs 4.9.8-109.el7rhgs, samba-pidl 4.9.8-109.el7rhgs, libwbclient 4.9.8-109.el7rhgs, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3253
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 samba, samba4, samba4-dc, samba-swat, samba4-libs, samba4-pidl, +17 more Red Hat Virtualization 4 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • SAMBA samba

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.