Samba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to allow access to areas of the server file system not exported under the share definition.
CVE-2017-2619
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 95.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 12, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (22)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97033
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038117
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2338
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2778
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429472
- secalert@redhathttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03755en_us
- secalert@redhathttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3816
- secalert@redhathttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41740/
- secalert@redhathttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-2619.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97033
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038117
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2338
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2017-2619(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2017:2789Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update
- RHSA-2017:2778Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2017:2338Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update
- RHSA-2017:1265Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | samba (2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4) @ yakkety | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | samba (2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.1) @ zesty | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | samba-0:3.6.23-45.el6_9 | 2017-09-21 | redhat |
| redhat | samba-0:4.6.3-5.el6rhs | 2017-09-21 | redhat |
| redhat | samba-0:4.6.3-4.el7rhgs | 2017-08-01 | redhat |
| redhat | samba-0:4.4.4-13.el7_3 | 2017-05-22 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-07-22 22:08 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-05-28 10:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-28 10:37 UTCVendor advisory
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-41740✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 27, 2017
Samba 4.5.2 - Symlink Race Permits Opening Files Outside Share Directory
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