CVE-2026-3238

Publication date 26 May 2026

Last updated 9 June 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Denial of service against AD DC WINS server

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
samba 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 2:4.23.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
25.10 questing
Fixed 2:4.22.3+dfsg-4ubuntu2.4
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2:4.19.5+dfsg-4ubuntu9.6
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.12
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored changes too intrusive
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored changes too intrusive

Notes


mdeslaur

This issue only affects configurations where the wins server was enabled with the "wins support = Yes" option.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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