What is CVE-2022-45141?

CVE-2022-45141 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Use of Weak Hash. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-45141?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-45141 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Samba

CVE-2022-45141

Since the Windows Kerberos RC4-HMAC Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability was disclosed by Microsoft on Nov 8 2022 and per RFC8429 it is assumed that rc4-hmac is weak, Vulnerable Samba Active Directory DCs will issue rc4-hmac encrypted tick…

EPSS: 0.005 (36.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Samba
N/a Samba — versions Fixed in samba 4.15.13, samba 4.16.8, samba 4.15.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45141?: CVE-2022-45141 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samba, classified under Use of Weak Hash. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-45141?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-45141 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.