CVE-2023-0922 — The Samba AD DC administration tool, when operating against a remote LDAP server

The Samba AD DC administration tool, when operating against a remote LDAP server, will by default send new or reset passwords over a signed-only connection.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Samba AD DC administration tool, when operating against a remote LDAP server, will by default send new or reset passwords over a signed-only connection.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Samba	samba 4.18.1, samba 4.17.7, samba 4.16.10

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-13T14:54:44.569Z

09References

• www.samba.org — https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-0922.html
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230406-0007/
• lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06