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.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.3NVD modified 2026-10-18 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9640
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2391698
- https://www.samba.org/samba/history/security.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/15/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/16/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/11/msg00027.html