A flaw was found in Samba’s certificate auto-enrollment Group Policy handling. When certificate auto-enrollment is enabled, Samba may retrieve a CA certificate over an unencrypted HTTP connection and install it into the local trust store without proper verification. An attacker with the ability to intercept or redirect network traffic could exploit this behavior to supply a malicious certificate authority certificate, potentially allowing interception or spoofing of trusted communications.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6297-1 samba security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8306-1 Samba vulnerabilities
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Solution

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Workaround

Systems are not affected unless Samba Group Policy processing and certificate auto-enrollment are explicitly enabled. Administrators can reduce exposure by: Avoiding unnecessary use of certificate auto-enrollment. Ensuring your "smb.conf" does not contain a line like ```apply group policies = yes```. If , group policy is not be enabled, the vulnerable code will not run. Intercepting the HTTP request requires some control over the local network or other devices to intercept or redirect traffic. Some network administrators might assess this as a low risk on their networks.

History

Wed, 27 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-295
CWE-345

Wed, 27 May 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A flaw was found in Samba’s certificate auto-enrollment Group Policy handling. When certificate auto-enrollment is enabled, Samba may retrieve a CA certificate over an unencrypted HTTP connection and install it into the local trust store without proper verification. An attacker with the ability to intercept or redirect network traffic could exploit this behavior to supply a malicious certificate authority certificate, potentially allowing interception or spoofing of trusted communications.
Title Samba: group policy certificate enrollment uses http:// without validation
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:35:02.939Z

Reserved: 2026-02-23T07:08:58.479Z

Link: CVE-2026-3012

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-27T11:16:18.357

Modified: 2026-05-27T11:16:18.357

Link: CVE-2026-3012

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T11:30:25Z

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