CVE-2026-3238
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
08/06/2026
Last modified:
30/06/2026
Description
A flaw was found in Samba’s WINS server component when running as an Active Directory Domain Controller. The WINS protocol handlers for certain request types did not properly validate incoming packets, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the WINS service using specially crafted UDP packets.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3238
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486176
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-3238.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3238
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486176
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3238.json



