External Control of File Name or Path Affecting smb4k package, versions [,4.0.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SMB4K-14913790
  • published12 Jan 2026
  • disclosed8 Jan 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-66003  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade smb4k to version 4.0.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path via the Smb4KMountHelper if they can access and control the contents of a Samba share. An attacker can gain root privileges by controlling the contents of a Samba share and exploiting the way file names or paths are handled.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1