3.7

CVE-2026-44071: netatalk Protection Mechanism Failure

CVSS: 3.7v3.1LowDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44071DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44071
Published 21-05-2026Last modified 21-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44071 is a low (CVSS 3.7) Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in netatalk. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
15/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 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

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 0.34% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

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