{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"CVE-2022-3592","published":"2023-01-12T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:38.577478586Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:12454-1"],"details":"A symlink following vulnerability was found in Samba, where a user can create a symbolic link that will make 'smbd' escape the configured share path. This flaw allows a remote user with access to the exported part of the file system under a share via SMB1 unix extensions or NFS to create symlinks to files outside the 'smbd' configured share path and gain access to another restricted server's filesystem.","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/samba-team/samba","events":[{"introduced":"fbec737d9d3d992b54f52defcba62a304efef8f7"},{"fixed":"21f995104c870cdfbdb0db61e290b2da8bc87ee1"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"4.17.0"},{"fixed":"4.17.2"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE"}}],"versions":["samba-4.17.1","samba-4.17.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-3592.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3592"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-3592.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/3xxx/CVE-2022-3592.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3592"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137776"}],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"redhat","cwe_ids":["CWE-61"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/3xxx/CVE-2022-3592.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"Affects samba since 4.17.0, Fixed samba 4.17.2."},{"last_affected":"Affects samba since 4.17.0, Fixed samba 4.17.2."}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}]},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}