CVE-2026-3012

Samba: group policy certificate enrollment uses http:// without validation

Published May 27, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor 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.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4692-1 samba security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6297-1 samba security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8306-1 Samba vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22644 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22963 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25049 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25979 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28053 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28054 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28055 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28056 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28057 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29863 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56786 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56853 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56911 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57483 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59831 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60019 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62409 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62549 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65839 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65851 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65907 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67857 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70586 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:77320 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3012 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2447319 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16003 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3012 cve-icon
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3012.json cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3012 cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.17::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.14::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.15::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.19::el9
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::resilientstorage
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4::baseos
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::resilientstorage
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
CPEs 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
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel Eus Long Life
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs 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
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 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
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat openshift Container Platform
Samba
Samba samba
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Container Platform
Samba
Samba samba
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-295
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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