A flaw was found in samba. A race condition in the password lockout code may lead to the risk of brute force attacks being successful if special conditions are met.

Related CVEs

CVE-2021-20251

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-9ppx-3j9g-766w

Published

March 7, 2023 12:30 AM

Last Modified

March 11, 2023 3:30 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 22, 2025 6:29 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.