🛡️ CVE-2026-44057 on Debian — netatalk

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A dead bounds check in the Spotlight RPC unmarshaller in Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2 results in an unreachable code path that provides no effective bounds protection, which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain limited information via crafted Spotlight RPC requests.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-44057 as tracked by Debian, for the package netatalk. The fix is available in version 4.4.3~ds-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44057 is classified as CWE-561: Dead Code. The product contains dead code, which can never be executed.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44057 is recorded against 1 package.

  • netatalk (fixed in 4.4.3~ds-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 May 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2026-44057 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-21
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
netatalk — 4.4.3~ds-1

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