GCVE Workshop - 22 September 2026 (14:00-18:00), Luxembourg Before The Vulnopticon Conference - Registration

CVE-2023-34968 (GCVE-0-2023-34968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-20 14:58 – Updated: 2025-11-20 17:29
VLAI
Title
Samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure
Summary
A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-201 - Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.18.6-1.el8 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
Create a notification for this product.
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:4.15.5-15.el8_6 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
Create a notification for this product.
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:4.17.5-5.el8_8 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::crb
Create a notification for this product.
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:4.18.6-100.el9 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage
Create a notification for this product.
Red Hat Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.15.5-15.el8_6 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb
Create a notification for this product.
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Create a notification for this product.
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Create a notification for this product.
Red Hat Red Hat Storage 3     cpe:/a:redhat:storage:3
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2023-07-19 00:00
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-02T16:17:04.519Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2023:6667",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2023:7139",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2024:0423",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2024:0580",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHBZ#2222795",
            "tags": [
              "issue-tracking",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BPCSGND7LO467AJGR5DYBGZLTCGTOBCC/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OT74M42E6C36W7PQVY3OS4ZM7DVYB64Z/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0010/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5477"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream",
            "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0:4.18.6-1.el8",
              "versionType": "rpm"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream",
            "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0:4.18.6-1.el8",
              "versionType": "rpm"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream",
            "cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support",
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0:4.15.5-15.el8_6",
              "versionType": "rpm"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream",
            "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::crb"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support",
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0:4.17.5-5.el8_8",
              "versionType": "rpm"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0:4.18.6-100.el9",
              "versionType": "rpm"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0:4.18.6-100.el9",
              "versionType": "rpm"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream",
            "cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8",
            "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
          "vendor": "Red Hat",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0:4.15.5-15.el8_6",
              "versionType": "rpm"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unknown",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
          "vendor": "Red Hat"
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unknown",
          "packageName": "samba4",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
          "vendor": "Red Hat"
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unknown",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
          "vendor": "Red Hat"
        },
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
          "cpes": [
            "cpe:/a:redhat:storage:3"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unknown",
          "packageName": "samba",
          "product": "Red Hat Storage 3",
          "vendor": "Red Hat"
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2023-07-19T00:00:00.000Z",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "other": {
            "content": {
              "namespace": "https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/",
              "value": "Moderate"
            },
            "type": "Red Hat severity rating"
          }
        },
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 5.3,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "format": "CVSS"
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-201",
              "description": "Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-11-20T17:29:04.734Z",
        "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
        "shortName": "redhat"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2023:6667",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2023:7139",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2024:0423",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2024:0580",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHBZ#2222795",
          "tags": [
            "issue-tracking",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html"
        }
      ],
      "timeline": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "time": "2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z",
          "value": "Reported to Red Hat."
        },
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "time": "2023-07-19T00:00:00.000Z",
          "value": "Made public."
        }
      ],
      "title": "Samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure",
      "x_redhatCweChain": "CWE-201: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data"
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2023-34968",
    "datePublished": "2023-07-20T14:58:59.825Z",
    "dateReserved": "2023-06-07T21:11:04.262Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-11-20T17:29:04.734Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2023-34968",
      "date": "2026-09-16",
      "epss": "0.01333",
      "percentile": "0.69715"
    },
    "fkie_nvd": {
      "configurations": "[{\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"versionEndExcluding\": \"4.16.11\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"7744EB5C-BA2E-4B42-9C28-DD0D4C234C3B\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"4.17.0\", \"versionEndExcluding\": \"4.17.10\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"96A197EF-100E-4683-AA59-E0855CBCE38B\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"4.18.0\", \"versionEndExcluding\": \"4.18.5\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"55333C2A-E0E6-40A7-B655-93F05D6745AD\"}]}]}, {\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"E30D0E6F-4AE8-4284-8716-991DFA48CC5D\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"CC559B26-5DFC-4B7A-A27C-B77DE755DFF9\"}]}]}, {\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"379A5883-F6DF-41F5-9403-8D17F6605737\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"F4CFF558-3C47-480D-A2F0-BABF26042943\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"7F6FB57C-2BC7-487C-96DD-132683AEB35D\"}]}]}, {\"nodes\": [{\"operator\": \"OR\", \"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"FA6FEEC2-9F11-4643-8827-749718254FED\"}, {\"vulnerable\": true, \"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"matchCriteriaId\": \"46D69DCC-AE4D-4EA5-861C-D60951444C6C\"}]}]}]",
      "descriptions": "[{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path.\"}]",
      "id": "CVE-2023-34968",
      "lastModified": "2024-12-06T11:15:05.270",
      "metrics": "{\"cvssMetricV31\": [{\"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"type\": \"Secondary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"3.1\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N\", \"baseScore\": 5.3, \"baseSeverity\": \"MEDIUM\", \"attackVector\": \"NETWORK\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"userInteraction\": \"NONE\", \"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"LOW\", \"integrityImpact\": \"NONE\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"NONE\"}, \"exploitabilityScore\": 3.9, \"impactScore\": 1.4}, {\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"cvssData\": {\"version\": \"3.1\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N\", \"baseScore\": 5.3, \"baseSeverity\": \"MEDIUM\", \"attackVector\": \"NETWORK\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"userInteraction\": \"NONE\", \"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"LOW\", \"integrityImpact\": \"NONE\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"NONE\"}, \"exploitabilityScore\": 3.9, \"impactScore\": 1.4}]}",
      "published": "2023-07-20T15:15:11.540",
      "references": "[{\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\"}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\"}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Issue Tracking\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html\", \"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"tags\": [\"Vendor Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Issue Tracking\", \"Third Party Advisory\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BPCSGND7LO467AJGR5DYBGZLTCGTOBCC/\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OT74M42E6C36W7PQVY3OS4ZM7DVYB64Z/\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0010/\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5477\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"}, {\"url\": \"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html\", \"source\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"tags\": [\"Vendor Advisory\"]}]",
      "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "vulnStatus": "Modified",
      "weaknesses": "[{\"source\": \"secalert@redhat.com\", \"type\": \"Primary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"CWE-201\"}]}, {\"source\": \"nvd@nist.gov\", \"type\": \"Secondary\", \"description\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"NVD-CWE-noinfo\"}]}]"
    },
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2023-34968\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"published\":\"2023-07-20T15:15:11.540\",\"lastModified\":\"2026-06-17T06:04:10.877\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path.\"}],\"affected\":[{\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"affectedData\":[{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream\",\"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos\"],\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"0:4.18.6-1.el8\",\"lessThan\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"rpm\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream\",\"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos\"],\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"0:4.18.6-1.el8\",\"lessThan\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"rpm\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream\",\"cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb\"],\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"0:4.15.5-15.el8_6\",\"lessThan\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"rpm\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream\",\"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::baseos\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::crb\"],\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"0:4.17.5-5.el8_8\",\"lessThan\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"rpm\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage\"],\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"0:4.18.6-100.el9\",\"lessThan\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"rpm\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage\"],\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"0:4.18.6-100.el9\",\"lessThan\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"rpm\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8\",\"defaultStatus\":\"affected\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream\",\"cpe:/o:redhat:rhev_hypervisor:4.4::el8\",\"cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::crb\"],\"versions\":[{\"version\":\"0:4.15.5-15.el8_6\",\"lessThan\":\"*\",\"versionType\":\"rpm\",\"status\":\"unaffected\"}]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\",\"defaultStatus\":\"unknown\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6\"]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\",\"defaultStatus\":\"unknown\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba4\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6\"]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7\",\"defaultStatus\":\"unknown\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7\"]},{\"vendor\":\"Red Hat\",\"product\":\"Red Hat Storage 3\",\"defaultStatus\":\"unknown\",\"collectionURL\":\"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/\",\"packageName\":\"samba\",\"cpes\":[\"cpe:/a:redhat:storage:3\"]}]}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N\",\"baseScore\":5.3,\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"attackVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"LOW\",\"integrityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"NONE\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":3.9,\"impactScore\":1.4},{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N\",\"baseScore\":5.3,\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"attackVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"LOW\",\"integrityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"NONE\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":3.9,\"impactScore\":1.4}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-201\"}]},{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"NVD-CWE-noinfo\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"4.16.11\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"7744EB5C-BA2E-4B42-9C28-DD0D4C234C3B\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"4.17.0\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"4.17.10\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"96A197EF-100E-4683-AA59-E0855CBCE38B\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"4.18.0\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"4.18.5\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"55333C2A-E0E6-40A7-B655-93F05D6745AD\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"E30D0E6F-4AE8-4284-8716-991DFA48CC5D\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"CC559B26-5DFC-4B7A-A27C-B77DE755DFF9\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"379A5883-F6DF-41F5-9403-8D17F6605737\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F4CFF558-3C47-480D-A2F0-BABF26042943\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"7F6FB57C-2BC7-487C-96DD-132683AEB35D\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"FA6FEEC2-9F11-4643-8827-749718254FED\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"46D69DCC-AE4D-4EA5-861C-D60951444C6C\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\"},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\"},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Issue Tracking\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html\",\"source\":\"secalert@redhat.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Issue Tracking\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BPCSGND7LO467AJGR5DYBGZLTCGTOBCC/\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OT74M42E6C36W7PQVY3OS4ZM7DVYB64Z/\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0010/\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5477\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]}]}}",
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T14:17:59+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2023-34968",
      "id": "CVE-2023-34968",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-07-19T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "3400",
      "product_status:known_affected": "94",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "70",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-34968.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-03T16:52:34Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2023-34968",
      "id": "CVE-2023-34968",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-07-19T23:22:37Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "174",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1574",
      "product_status:recommended": "1259",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2023-34968",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2023-34968.json",
      "version": "52"
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.