The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:25049 advisory.

    Samba is an open-source implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and the related Common     Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, which allow PC-compatible machines to share files, printers, and     various information.

    Security Fix(es):

    * samba: Missing access check on reparse point operations (CVE-2026-1933)

    * samba: vfs_worm does not block directory modification (CVE-2026-2340)

    * samba: group policy certificate enrollment uses http:// without validation (CVE-2026-3012)

    * samba: Samba: Remote Code Execution in printing subsystem via unescaped job description (CVE-2026-4480)

    * ngtcp2: ngtcp2: Denial of service via stack buffer overflow during QUIC handshake (CVE-2026-40170)

    * samba: Remote Code Execution in SAMR (CVE-2026-4408)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 9 : samba (RHSA-2026:25049)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 320371

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Version 1.2 Sep 29, 2026, 11:23 AM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202609291123
Version 1.1 Jun 11, 2026, 6:06 AM New Plugin Feed: 202606110606