CVE-2026-44073

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Published 2026-05-21 · Modified 2026-05-21

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CVSS v3

5.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

Authentication modules in Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 fail to check the return value of seteuid(), which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to retain elevated privileges under error conditions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

60%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Affected	—
sid	Fixed	`4.5.0~ds-1`
forky	Affected	—
bullseye	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-273

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.