CVE-2020-25721

8.8 highEPSS 2.2%

High (8.8) in samba samba. EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Kerberos acceptors need easy access to stable AD identifiers (eg objectSid). Samba as an AD DC now provides a way for Linux applications to obtain a reliable SID (and samAccountName) in issued tickets.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
Published: 2022-03-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

samba:samba

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2021728
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14725
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2020-25721.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2021728

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