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CVE-2026-15779VulnerabilityPublished Updated

samba's pam_winbind

Affects sambaSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-15779· Medium 6.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium · fixed in 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.13 : update samba when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.13, 2:4.19.5+dfsg-4ubuntu9.7, 2:4.23.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Ubuntu samba to 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.13 (package) or 2:4.19.5+dfsg-4ubuntu9.7 (package) or 2:4.23.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 (package).

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSsambapkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.23.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • <2:4.23.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
Fixed in
  • 2:4.23.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSsambapkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.19.5+dfsg-4ubuntu9.7?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threatsAffected
  • <2:4.19.5+dfsg-4ubuntu9.7
Fixed in
  • 2:4.19.5+dfsg-4ubuntu9.7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSsambapkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.13?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threatsAffected
  • <2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.13
Fixed in
  • 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.13
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTSsambapkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focalOther threatsAffected
  • 2:4.10.7+dfsg-0ubuntu2 – 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2
37 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTSsambapkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.29+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionicOther threatsAffected
  • 2:4.6.7+dfsg-1ubuntu3 – 2:4.7.6+dfsg~ubuntu-0ubuntu2.29+esm3
32 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTSsambapkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.34+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenialOther threatsAffected
  • 2:4.1.17+dfsg-4ubuntu2 – 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.34+esm4
46 affected builds
Fixed in–

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Description

A flaw was found in samba's pam_winbind. When mkhomedir is enabled, pam_winbind chowns the target account's home directory without validating the path is not a critical system directory such as /. On affected systems, accounts with / as their home directory (a common default for system accounts) can have this triggered not only by root, but by a non-root user holding a narrow sudo delegation to run commands as that account, causing ownership of / to change and resulting in severe denial of service (SSH, sudo, and package-manager failures). The change does not grant write access to / (which ships with restrictive 0555 permissions on RHEL), so the impact is availability loss rather than further privilege escalation.

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