CVE-2018-16857
Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords (to restrict brute forcing of passwords) in a window of more than 3 minutes may not watch for bad passwords at all.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Samba from version 4.9.0 and before version 4.9.3 that have AD DC configurations watching for bad passwords (to restrict brute forcing of passwords) in a window of more than 3 minutes may not watch for bad passwords at all. The primary risk from this issue is with regards to domains that have been upgraded from Samba 4.8 and earlier. In these cases the manual testing done to confirm an organisation's password policies apply as expected may not have been re-done after the upgrade.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.27% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-358
- Affected
- samba/samba
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106024Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16857Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-16857.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106024Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16857Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-52
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2018-16857.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.