Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 20, 2023· Updated Nov 20, 2025

Samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure

CVE-2023-34968

Description

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.

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Affected products

Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Servercpe-rescue4 versions
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb+ 3 more
- cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crbrange: 0:4.18.6-1.el8
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
- cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseosrange: 0:4.18.6-100.el9
Red Hat/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Supportv5
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream
Range: 0:4.17.5-5.el8_8
Red Hat/Storage Servercpe-rescue
cpe:/a:redhat:storage:3
Red Hat/Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8v5
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6::baseos
Range: 0:4.15.5-15.el8_6
Samba (software)/Samballm-fuzzy
osv-coords60 versions
pkg:rpm/almalinux/ctdb pkg:rpm/almalinux/libnetapi pkg:rpm/almalinux/libnetapi-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/libsmbclient pkg:rpm/almalinux/libsmbclient-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/libwbclient pkg:rpm/almalinux/libwbclient-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-samba pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-samba-dc pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-samba-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/python3-samba-test pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-client pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-client-libs pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-common pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-common-libs pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-common-tools pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-dcerpc pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-dc-libs pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-devel pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-krb5-printing pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-ldb-ldap-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-libs pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-pidl pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-test pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-test-libs pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-tools pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-usershares pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-vfs-iouring pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-winbind pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-winbind-clients pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-winbind-krb5-locator pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-winbind-modules pkg:rpm/almalinux/samba-winexe pkg:rpm/opensuse/samba&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/samba&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5 pkg:rpm/opensuse/samba&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/samba&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/samba&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.2 pkg:rpm/suse/samba&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.2
< 4.18.6-100.el9+ 59 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150400.3.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17.9+git.367.dae41ffdd1f-150500.3.5.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.18.5+git.313.c8e274c7852-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.13.13+git.643.8caa136952b-150200.3.26.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.13+git.621.c8ae836ff82-3.85.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.13+git.621.c8ae836ff82-3.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.13+git.621.c8ae836ff82-3.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.13+git.663.9c654e06cdb-150300.3.57.5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitreissue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.htmlmitre

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