CVE-2018-1057

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

On a Samba 4 AD DC the LDAP server in all versions of Samba from 4.0.0 onwards incorrectly validates permissions to modify passwords over LDAP allowing authenticated users to change any other users' passwords, including administrative users and privileged service accounts (eg Domain Controllers).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1057

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201803-10

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.7.6-1
debian debianbookwormfixed2:4.7.4+dfsg-2
debian debianbullseyefixed2:4.7.4+dfsg-2
debian debianforkyfixed2:4.7.4+dfsg-2
debian debiansidfixed2:4.7.4+dfsg-2
debian debiantrixiefixed2:4.7.4+dfsg-2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.