7.2

CVE-2026-44058: netatalk Improper Authentication

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44058DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44058
Published 21-05-2026Last modified 22-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44058 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Improper Authentication vulnerability in netatalk. EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.73%
0%100%
Low · +0.20 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. 22-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in Netatalk 2.2.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote privileged user to authenticate as an arbitrary user via the admin auth user mechanism.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.20 pp

From 0.53% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.73%

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
  • netatalkAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.5.0~ds-1
Netatalk1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • netatalkAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links