7.6

CVE-2026-44068: netatalk Path Traversal

CVSS: 7.6v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44068DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44068
Published 21-05-2026Last modified 21-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44068 is a high (CVSS 7.6) Path Traversal vulnerability in netatalk. EPSS estimates a 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.49%
0%100%
Low · +0.17 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-8455-1

Timeline

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

Description

Incomplete sanitization of extended attribute (EA) path components in Netatalk 2.1.0 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to write to files outside the intended metadata namespace via crafted EA names.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.17 pp

From 0.32% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.49%

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< 2.2.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm4 | < 2.2.5-1ubuntu0.2+esm4 | < 2.2.6-1ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm4 | < 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

5 links