Improper Authentication The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package samba (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-SAMBA-15727151
- published21 Mar 2026
- disclosed18 Feb 2022
Introduced: 18 Feb 2022
CVE-2016-2124 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba package and not the samba package as distributed by Ubuntu.
A flaw was found in the way samba implemented SMB1 authentication. An attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the plaintext password sent over the wire even if Kerberos authentication was required.