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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-4408"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-28T07:25:27.169Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-08T21:02:26.752Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-4408"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-4408.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4408"
title: "Samba: remote code execution in samr"
summary: "A flaw was found in Samba. A remote attacker can exploit a misconfiguration in Samba file servers and classic domain controllers that use the \"check password script\" feature. If this script is configured with the %u substitution character, the client-controlled username is passed without proper escaping of shell meta-characters. This vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve remote command execution on the affected system. This issue primarily affects non-standard configurations where the \"check password script\" is used with %u and the samba-dcerpcd service is started as a system service."
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