CVE-2026-2340 (GCVE-0-2026-2340)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-27 12:09
Modified
2026-08-26 16:36
CWE
  • CWE-280 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
Summary
A flaw was found in Samba’s vfs_worm module. The module is intended to provide write-once, read-many (WORM) protections by preventing modification of files after a configurable grace period. Due to insufficient validation during rename operations, an authenticated user with write access to a share could overwrite a protected file by renaming a newly created file over the existing WORM-protected file.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22644 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22963 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25049 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25979 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28053 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28054 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28055 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28056 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28057 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29863 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57483 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2340 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447318 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15997
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Unaffected: 0:4.23.5-109.el10_2   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:4.21.3-114.el10_0.1   < *
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.19.4-16.el8_10   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:4.19.4-16.el8_10   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Unaffected: 0:4.15.5-16.el8_6.1   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::appstream
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On Unaffected: 0:4.15.5-16.el8_6.1   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::appstream
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    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6::baseos
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus_long_life:8.6::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service Unaffected: 0:4.17.5-7.el8_8.1   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
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    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:4.17.5-7.el8_8.1   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
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    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:4.23.5-10.el9_8   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:4.23.5-10.el9_8   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::resilientstorage
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:4.17.5-105.el9_2.5   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::resilientstorage
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions Unaffected: 0:4.19.4-105.el9_4.4   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::resilientstorage
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support Unaffected: 0:4.21.3-14.el9_6.1   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::crb
    cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::resilientstorage
    cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::baseos
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 Unaffected: 418.94.202608142238-0   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 Unaffected: 4.19.9.6.202606241344-0   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.19::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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