Samba: vfs_streams_xattr uninitialized memory write possible
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.3epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 61% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in Samba, in the vfs_streams_xattr module, where uninitialized heap memory could be written into alternate data streams. This allows an authenticated user to read residual memory content that may include sensitive data, resulting in an information disclosure vulnerability.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
sambaRed Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9640https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391698https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/11/msg00027.htmlhttps://www.samba.org/samba/history/security.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/15/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/16/2