Samba before versions 4.6.1, 4.5.7 and 4.4.11 are vulnerable to a malicious client using a symlink race to allow access to areas of the server file system not exported under the share definition.
CVE-2017-2619
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Public exploit code is available (Exploit-DB, marked verified by Exploit-DB)
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 60EG Risk 60/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity75% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation65% × 40%EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 2 (Weaponized): a constant, not a probability.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 11%
- EPSS %ILE
- 95th
- KEV
- Not listed
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 11% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-21). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
March 12, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (11)
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97033 (archived copy: the site no longer serves it)Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038117Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1265Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2338Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2778Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2789Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1429472Issue Tracking · Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbns03755en_usThird Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3816Third Party Advisory
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41740/Exploit · Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry
- secalert@redhat · CVE Programhttps://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-2619.htmlVendor Advisory
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2017-2619(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2017:2789Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update
- RHSA-2017:2778Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2017:2338Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security update
- RHSA-2017:1265Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: samba security and bug fix update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | samba (2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.1) @ zesty | 2026-10-22 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | samba (2:4.4.5+dfsg-2ubuntu5.4) @ yakkety | 2026-10-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | samba-0:3.6.23-45.el6_9 | 2017-09-21 | redhat |
| redhat | samba-0:4.6.3-5.el6rhs | 2017-09-21 | redhat |
| redhat | samba-0:4.6.3-4.el7rhgs | 2017-08-01 | redhat |
| redhat | samba-0:4.4.4-13.el7_3 | 2017-05-22 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(29 across 29 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
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Alpine:v3.14(1)
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Alpine:v3.15(1)
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Alpine:v3.16(1)
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
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Alpine:v3.18(1)
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
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Alpine:v3.2(1)
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
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Alpine:v3.3(1)
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Alpine:v3.4(1)
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Alpine:v3.5(1)
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| samba | — |
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Alpine:v3.6(1)
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| samba | — |
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Alpine:v3.7(1)
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| samba | — |
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Alpine:v3.8(1)
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| samba | — |
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Alpine:v3.9(1)
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Debian:11(1)
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Debian:12(1)
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Debian:13(1)
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Debian:14(1)
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Debian:7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| samba | 2:3.6.6-6 ... 2:3.6.6-6+deb7u9 (16 versions) |
| — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| samba | 2:4.1.17+dfsg-2 ... 2:4.2.14+dfsg-0+deb8u3 (17 versions) |
| — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 90 of 149 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 10 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 59 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
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- 2026-10-22 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gpq8-xrm8-w2qr · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.5
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-41740✓ verifiedPublished Mar 27, 2017
Samba 4.5.2 - Symlink Race Permits Opening Files Outside Share Directory
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