CVE-2021-31800

Multiple path traversal vulnerabilities exist in smbserver.py in Impacket through 0.9.22. An attacker that connects to a running smbserver instance can list and write to arbitrary files via ../ directory traversal. This could potentially be abused to achieve arbitrary code execution by replacing /etc/shadow or an SSH authorized key.

• CWE-22

• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2008Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2958Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L3485Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L876Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/commit/49c643bf66620646884ed141c94e5fdd85bcdd2fPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2008Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L2958Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L3485Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/blob/cb6d43a677c338db930bc4e9161620832c1ec624/impacket/smbserver.py#L876Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/commit/49c643bf66620646884ed141c94e5fdd85bcdd2fPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/SecureAuthCorp/impacket/releasesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPXDPWCAPVX3UWYZ3N2T5OLBSBBUHJP6/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRV2C5DATXBHG6TF6CEEX54KZ75THQS3/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UF56LYB27LHEIFJTFHU3M75NMNNK2SCG/

Published

May 5, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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