🛡️ CVE-2026-44057 on Ubuntu — 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 Ubuntu, for the package netatalk. The fix is available in version 4.2.3~ds-2.1ubuntu0.2; 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

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

Affected software

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

  • netatalk (fixed in 4.2.3~ds-2.1ubuntu0.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 May 2026 and last revised on 22 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
netatalk.io (Report)

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 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
netatalk — 4.2.3~ds-2.1ubuntu0.2

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