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high 8.8

CVE-2022-32744 json

A flaw was found in Samba.

published 2022-08-25 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-35810

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Samba. The KDC accepts kpasswd requests encrypted with any key known to it. By encrypting forged kpasswd requests with its own key, a user can change other users' passwords, enabling full domain takeover.

Patch / fix

  • samba samba 4.14.14, 4.15.9, 4.16.4
  • samba Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:4.16.4+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32744

  • samba Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2:4.13.17~dfsg-0ubuntu1.20.04.1
  • samba Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2:4.15.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-32744

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • samba SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, SLE Micro 5.3, SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP4 +2 more 4.15.13+git.591.ab36624310c-150400.3.19.1
  • samba SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 +1 more 4.15.13+git.482.1ac2c665c7-3.74.1
  • samba SLE Module for Python 2 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, SLE Micro 5.2 +4 more 4.15.12+git.535.7750e5c95ef-150300.3.43.1
  • samba SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 4.15.8+git.500.d5910280cc7-150400.3.11.1
  • ldb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 2.4.3-150400.4.8.1
  • samba SLE Module for Python 2 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, SLE Micro 5.2 +4 more 4.15.8+git.500.d5910280cc7-150300.3.37.1
  • ldb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, SLE Micro 5.2, SLE Micro 5.1 +3 more 2.4.3-150300.3.20.1
  • samba SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 +1 more 4.15.8+git.462.e73f4310487-3.68.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:0160-1SUSE-SU-2023:0081-1SUSE-SU-2022:4395-1SUSE-SU-2022:2659-1SUSE-SU-2022:2586-2SUSE-SU-2022:2586-1

  • samba openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.16.4+git.297.1497eb221ed-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12243-1

  • samba Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15 4.15.12-r0
  • samba Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 4.15.9-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-32744

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • samba Azure Linux 3.0 4.18.3-1

azure linux advisories AZL-37014

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • samba Arch Linux 4.16.4-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2782

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-32744 updated cvss 8.8

samba: AD users can forge password change requests for any user

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 samba, samba4, samba4-dc, samba-swat, samba4-libs, samba4-pidl, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ctdb, samba, samba-dc, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ctdb, samba, libnetapi, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +24 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 ctdb, samba, libldb, ldb-tools, libnetapi, samba-libs, +27 more Red Hat Storage 3 ctdb, samba, samba-dc, ctdb-tests, samba-libs, samba-pidl, +21 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a samba

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.