CVE-2022-45141
criticalpriority · track · 39OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 39 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Since the Windows Kerberos RC4-HMAC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability was disclosed by Microsoft on Nov 8 2022 and per RFC8429 it is assumed that rc4-hmac is weak, Vulnerable Samba Active Directory DCs will issue rc4-hmac encrypted tickets despite the target server supporting better encryption (eg aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96).
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.1–9.8
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (34)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
- Synology DiskStation Manager Directory Serverall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:synology:diskstation_manager:::directory_server
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-2365Samba: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2022-12-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Samba ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-45141cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2154376Patchcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-45141/cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170769/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5822-2.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Samba-weak-encryption-via-AD-DC-Heimdal-RC4-HMAC-Tickets-Reissuing-40137cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.0505cnnvd
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-45141.htmlcnnvd
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