{"id":"CVE-2023-34968","title":"Samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure","summary":"A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-201"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"samba","affected":["samba (all versions)","samba (all versions)","samba (all versions)","samba (all versions)","samba (all versions)","samba (all versions)","samba (all versions)","samba","samba4","samba","samba"],"published":"2023-07-20","updated":"2026-11-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-06T20:25:14.422Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34968","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6667","label":"RHSA-2023:6667"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7139","label":"RHSA-2023:7139"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0423","label":"RHSA-2024:0423"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0580","label":"RHSA-2024:0580"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-34968"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2222795","label":"RHBZ#2222795"},{"url":"https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.01333,"epssPercentile":0.71311,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-06T21:04:04.249Z","slug":"CVE-2023-34968","body":"## Overview\n\nA path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `samba (all versions)`\n- `samba (all versions)`\n- `samba (all versions)`\n- `samba (all versions)`\n- `samba (all versions)`\n- `samba (all versions)`\n- `samba (all versions)`\n- `samba`\n- `samba4`\n- `samba`\n- `samba`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.3,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}