OpenWrt luci-app-samba4 read ACL remote code execution via smbd
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
OpenWrt luci-app-samba4 read ACL grants file.exec permission on /usr/sbin/smbd, allowing authenticated delegated users to execute the Samba daemon with caller-controlled command-line arguments. Attackers can pass arbitrary Samba global options such as message command to a root smbd process, triggering command execution when SMB protocol messages are processed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA luci (openwrt) Fixed in 24.10.8, 25.12.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
openwrt luci 24.10.8, 25.12.5
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-44279 luci-app-upnp Stored XSS via UPnP Port Mapping DescriptionPriority HIGH 73
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59260
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7pqv-wj3v-fcq3
References
More openwrt vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-79903 Stack buffer overflow in odhcpd DHCPv6 IA reply handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-13053 Improper input validation in MediaTek MT6890, MT7915, MT7916, MT7981, MT7986 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-79901 Use-after-free in odhcpd DHCPv6 IA handling CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-48502 OpenWrt luci-app-bmx7 Path Traversal via bmx7-info CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-44407 luci-app-banip Log Monitor IP Extraction Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-51067 luci-app-openvpn Path Traversal RCE via instance_name2 CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-59260 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-59260 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7pqv-wj3v-fcq3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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