3.1

CVE-2026-44057: netatalk Dead Code

CVSS: 3.1v3.1LowDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44057DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44057
Published 21-05-2026Last modified 21-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44057 is a low (CVSS 3.1) Dead Code vulnerability in netatalk. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
12/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.1/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · +0.11 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.11 pp

From 0.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • netatalk< 4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2 | < 4.4.3~ds-1
Netatalk1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • netatalk< 3.1.12~ds-4ubuntu0.20.04.4+esm2 | < 3.1.12~ds-9ubuntu0.22.04.4+esm2 | < 3.1.18~ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.2.3~ds-2.1ubuntu0.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links