CVE-2026-3238
highpriority · track · 1EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in Samba’s WINS server component when running as an Active Directory Domain Controller. The WINS protocol handlers for certain request types did not properly validate incoming packets, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the WINS service using specially crafted UDP packets.
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affected products (40)
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- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1686Samba: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Samba ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
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references (8)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3238cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3238enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486176enisa_euvd
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-3238.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3238nvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486176nvd
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3238.jsonnvd
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-3238.htmlnvd
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