Release Planning for Samba 4.24
Samba 4.24 is the current stable release series.
Release blocking bugs
Samba 4.24.6
- 2026-07 - Estimated release date for Samba 4.24.6
Samba 4.24.5
- 2026-07-28 - Samba 4.24.5 has been released as a Security Release to address the following defects:
- CVE-2026-6949 (TSIG packet with name compression can crash DNS)
- CVE-2026-58216 (An authenticated user could possibly crash a KDC process)
- CVE-2026-58218 (DNS signing DoS via TKEY name cache exhaustion)
- CVE-2026-58221 (Samba AD authenticated LDAP access domain takeover)
- CVE-2026-58222 (Samba AD LDAP Compare filter injection and trusted-request Samba AD LDAP Compare filter injection and trusted-request)
- CVE-2026-58224 (The CTDB protocol has bounds checking issues)
Release Notes Samba 4.24.5
Samba 4.24.4
- 2026-06-30 - Samba 4.24.4 has been released.
Release Notes Samba 4.24.4
Samba 4.24.3
- Tuesday, May 26 2026 - Samba 4.24.3 has been released as a Security Release to address the following defects:
- CVE-2026-1933 (Missing access checks on reparse point operations.)
- CVE-2026-2340 (WORM vfs module does not block overwrites.)
- CVE-2026-3012 (auto-enrolment GPO installing CA certificate over http without verification.)
- CVE-2026-3238 (Denial of service against AD DC WINS server.)
- CVE-2026-4408 (Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Samba DCE/RPC SAMR server.)
- CVE-2026-4480 (Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Samba printing subsystem.)
Release Notes Samba 4.24.3
Samba 4.24.2
- 2026-05-12 - Samba 4.24.2 has been released.
Release Notes Samba 4.24.2
Samba 4.24.1
- 2026-04-17 - Samba 4.24.1 has been released.
Release Notes Samba 4.24.1
Samba 4.24.0
- 2026-03-18 - Samba 4.24.0 has been released.
Release Notes Samba 4.24.0
Samba 4.24.0rc3
- 2026-02-23 - Samba 4.24.0rc3 has been released.
Release Notes Samba 4.24.0rc3
Samba 4.24.0rc2
- 2026-02-06 - Samba 4.24.0rc2 has been released.
Release Notes Samba 4.24.0rc2
Samba 4.24.0rc1
- 2026-01-20 - Samba 4.24.0rc1 has been released.
Release Notes Samba 4.24.0rc1