CVE-2023-34968 Samba: spotlight server-side share path disclosure

What is CVE-2023-34968?

CVE-2023-34968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A path disclosure vulnerability was found in Samba. As part of the Spotlight protocol, Samba discloses the server-side absolute path of shares, files, and directories in the results for search queries. This flaw allows a malicious client or an attacker with a targeted RPC request to view the information that is part of the disclosed path.

Weakness: CWE-201

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-34968?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Storage, Samba Samba.

How do I fix CVE-2023-34968?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-34968 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-34968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-27662, AZL-37023, CLSA-2025-1739822224, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-34968, ECHO-5a18-2ca7-803e, GHSA-cfhp-p6xr-24g5 and 1 more.