Vulnerability in samba (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3238)

Summary

Vulnerability in samba (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3238). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A flaw was found in Samba’s WINS server component when running as an Active Directory Domain Controller. The WINS protocol handlers for certain request types did not properly validate incoming packets, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the WINS service using specially crafted UDP packets.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3238 has been found in samba.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade samba to 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "samba UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3238" on the vendor's site.

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3238 (samba)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in samba.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of samba.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'samba' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'samba' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で samba を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade samba to 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2
```
ステージング環境で 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS samba

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS samba

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS samba

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS samba

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.8+esm2"}]}]

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS samba

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.12"}]}]

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS samba

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:4.19.5+dfsg-4ubuntu9.6"}]}]

Ubuntu:25.10 samba

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:4.22.3+dfsg-4ubuntu2.4"}]}]

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS samba

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:4.23.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1"}]}]

References

advisory ubuntu.com
advisory ubuntu.com
report ubuntu.com
report cve.org