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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-1778

NIXPKGS-2026-1778
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Permalink CVE-2026-4408
9.0 CRITICAL
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
  • Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Scope (S): Changed (C)
  • Confidentiality (C): High (H)
  • Integrity (I): High (H)
  • Availability (A): High (H)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Changed (C)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
  • Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
updated 12 hours ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created suggestion
  • @LeSuisse ignored package sambamba
  • @LeSuisse accepted
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Samba: remote code execution in samr

A flaw was found in Samba. A remote attacker can exploit a misconfiguration in Samba file servers and classic domain controllers that use the "check password script" feature. If this script is configured with the %u substitution character, the client-controlled username is passed without proper escaping of shell meta-characters. This vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve remote command execution on the affected system. This issue primarily affects non-standard configurations where the "check password script" is used with %u and the samba-dcerpcd service is started as a system service.

References

Affected products

rhcos
samba
samba4

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.samba

Standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix

pkgs.samba4

Standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix

pkgs.sambaFull

Standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix

pkgs.samba4Full

Standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix

Ignored packages (1)
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-4408.html