Samba: ad dc password exposure to privileged users and rodcs
At a glance
Severity
HIGH 7.5
EPSS
EPSS 1.40 % · percentile 72 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Modified
Description
A design flaw was found in Samba's DirSync control implementation, which exposes passwords and secrets in Active Directory to privileged users and Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODCs). This flaw allows RODCs and users possessing the GET_CHANGES right to access all attributes, including sensitive secrets and passwords. Even in a default setup, RODC DC accounts, which should only replicate some passwords, can gain access to all domain secrets, including the vital krbtgt, effectively eliminating the RODC / DC distinction. Furthermore, the vulnerability fails to account for error conditions (fail open), like out-of-memory situations, potentially granting access to secret attributes, even under low-privileged attacker influence.
