Netatalk up to 4.4.3 protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Netatalk up to 4.4.3. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-44071. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netatalk up to 4.4.3. It has been rated as problematic. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

Netatalk 3.1.2 through 4.4.2 is compiled without FORTIFY_SOURCE, which disables built-in buffer overflow detection at runtime, potentially allowing a remote attacker to cause a minor denial of service via memory errors that would otherwise be caught and safely terminated by runtime protection.

It is possible to read the advisory at sourceforge.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-44071. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at netatalk.io.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 3.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Netatalk 4.4.3

Timelineinfo

05/19/2026 Advisory disclosed
05/19/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/24/2026 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔒

CVE: CVE-2026-44071 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44071
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-364571

Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2026 07:56
Updated: 05/24/2026 05:39
Changes: 05/19/2026 07:56 (50), 05/24/2026 05:39 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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