CVE-2019-10218

samba: smb client vulnerable to filenames containing path separators

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 29, 2019

Updated · February 21, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the samba client where a malicious server can supply a pathname to the client with separators. This could allow the client to access files and folders outside of the SMB network pathnames. An attacker could use this vulnerability to create files outside of the current working directory using the privileges of the client user.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')