GHSA-qhgj-r7g7-whqw
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords (to restrict brute forcing of passwords) in a window of more than 3 minutes may not watch for bad passwords at all. The primary risk from this issue is with regards to domains that have been upgraded from Samba 4.8 and earlier. In these cases the manual testing done to confirm an organisation's password policies apply as expected may not have been re-done after the upgrade.
Risk scores
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-qhgj-r7g7-whqw
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-qhgj-r7g7-whqw
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"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-qhgj-r7g7-whqw/fixes/registry"
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References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0001 url
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-16857.html url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16857 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106024 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16857 advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52 advisory