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CVE-2023-34968 — A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba

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

CVSS
5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS
2.39% (top 15.20%)
CWE
CWE-201
Published
2023-07-20T14:58:59.825Z
Last modified
2025-11-20T17:29:04.734Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.6-1.el8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.18.6-1.el8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support0:4.15.5-15.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support0:4.17.5-5.el8_8
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:4.18.6-100.el9
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:4.18.6-100.el9
Red HatRed Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 80:4.15.5-15.el8_6
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Storage 3unspecified

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

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

09References

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