CVE-2022-3592
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link...
CVE-2022-3592 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Samba, published January 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.71%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in samba 4.15.12-r0.
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
- Record
CVE-2022-3592- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-61, CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
6.5
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
- Record
CVE-2022-3592- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-61
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-42956
6.5
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
- Record
EUVD-2022-42956- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cghw-hvr5-w2m2
6.5
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link...
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
- Record
GHSA-cghw-hvr5-w2m2- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-61
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-3592
6.5
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2022-3592- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
6.5
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.
- Record
CVE-2022-3592- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-61
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2023-0010 No score
Updated samba packages fix security vulnerability
There is a limited write heap buffer overflow in the GSSAPI unwrap_des() and unwrap_des3() routines of Heimdal (included in Samba). Some SMB1 write requests were not correctly range checked to ensure the client had sent enough data to fulfill the write, allowing server memory contents to be written into the file (or printer) instead of client supplied data. The client cannot control the area of the server memory that is written to the file (or printer) (CVE-2022-3437)
A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem. (CVE-2022-3592)
Active directory elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2022-37966)
Active directory elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2022-37967)
A flaw was found in samba. The Netlogon RPC implementations may use the rc4-hmac encryption algorithm, which is considered weak and should be avoided even if the client supports more modern encryption types. This issue could allow an attacker who knows the plain text content communicated between the samba client and server to craft data with the same MD5 calculation and replace it without being detected. (CVE-2022-38023)
Active directory integer overflow (CVE-2022-42898)
Active directory can be forced to issue weak rc4-hmac encrypted tickets (CVE-2022-45141)
- Record
MGASA-2023-0010- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12454-1 No score
ctdb-4.17.2+git.273.a55a83528b9-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ctdb-4.17.2+git.273.a55a83528b9-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12454-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
sambaAlpine:v3.15 |
4.17.0 up to 4.15.12-r0 | 4.15.12-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.16 |
4.17.0 up to 4.15.12-r0 | 4.15.12-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.17 |
4.17.0 up to 4.16.6-r0 | 4.16.6-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.18 |
4.17.0 up to 4.16.6-r0 | 4.16.6-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.19 |
4.17.0 up to 4.16.6-r0 | 4.16.6-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.20 |
4.17.0 up to 4.16.6-r0 | 4.16.6-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.21 |
4.17.0 up to 4.16.6-r0 | 4.16.6-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.22 |
4.17.0 up to 4.16.6-r0 | 4.16.6-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.23 |
4.17.0 up to 4.16.6-r0 | 4.16.6-r0 |
sambaAlpine:v3.24 |
4.17.0 up to 4.16.6-r0 | 4.16.6-r0 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ldbMageia:8 |
before 2.5.2-1.mga8 | 2.5.2-1.mga8 |
sambaMageia:8 |
before 4.16.8-1.mga8 | 4.16.8-1.mga8 |
sssdMageia:8 |
before 2.4.0-1.5.mga8 | 2.4.0-1.5.mga8 |
tallocMageia:8 |
before 2.3.4-1.mga8 | 2.3.4-1.mga8 |
tdbMageia:8 |
before 1.4.7-2.mga8 | 1.4.7-2.mga8 |
teventMageia:8 |
before 0.12.1-1.mga8 | 0.12.1-1.mga8 |
sambaopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 4.17.2+git.273.a55a83528b9-1.1 | 4.17.2+git.273.a55a83528b9-1.1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776
samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3592
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cghw-hvr5-w2m2
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security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-3592
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/3xxx/CVE-2022-3592.json
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0010.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30843
lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2022-September/012209.html
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/OO5PL2WBIOJ6AX5KEDZSYH6ILAFYPCOW
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/YOHL3O2H4FYUTUK2D4PURO24UAX3EBPW
samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3437.html
samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-42898.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/RWT32WRO3GIUCYYBMM7WJSBXB7UVCOAU
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/FXHIAIPMFZWDIVEPCU6MTIM33HSORPOQ
samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-38023.html
samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-37966.html
samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-37967.html
samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-45141.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/VCTYD5EQRS73QZTWPOC2ZO2FL7MMYXMS
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/G2CYDXPFBQES2Z4KLZDILGXFFQ3VIGZ4
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.15.0.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.0.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.1.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.2.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.3.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.4.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.5.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.6.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.7.html
samba.org/samba/history/samba-4.16.8.html
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3437
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592