{"id":"CVE-2025-10230","title":"A flaw was found in Samba, in the front-end WINS hook handling: NetBIOS names from registration packets are passed to a shell without proper validation or escaping","summary":"A flaw was found in Samba, in the front-end WINS hook handling: NetBIOS names from registration packets are passed to a shell without proper validation or escaping. Unsanitized NetBIOS name data from WINS registration packets are inserte…","severity":"critical","cvss":10,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"published":"2025-11-07","updated":"2026-06-25","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10230","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-10230","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2394377","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.samba.org/samba/history/security.html","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-10230-detect-samba-vulnerability","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-10230-mitigate-samba-vulnerability","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd","exploit-available"],"epss":0.39653,"epssPercentile":0.98552,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T13:24:34.595Z","exploits":{"github":3,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/dptsec/CVE-2025-10230","https://github.com/nehkark/CVE-2025-10230","https://github.com/marcostolosa/CVE-2025-10230"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-23T07:13:33.226Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"slug":"CVE-2025-10230","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in Samba, in the front-end WINS hook handling: NetBIOS names from registration packets are passed to a shell without proper validation or escaping. Unsanitized NetBIOS name data from WINS registration packets are inserted into a shell command and executed by the Samba Active Directory Domain Controller’s wins hook, allowing an unauthenticated network attacker to achieve remote command execution as the Samba process.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":75,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":55,"likelihood":7.9,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":4779,"id":"CVE-2025-10230","ts":1788887205798,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":3662,"id":"CVE-2025-10230","ts":1788886322539,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2513,"id":"CVE-2025-10230","ts":1788882990187,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1542,"id":"CVE-2025-10230","ts":1788882404027,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":656,"id":"CVE-2025-10230","ts":1788881841569,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}