CVE-2026-44068 | THREATINT

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-05 | Published 2026-05-21 | Updated 2026-05-21 | Assigner securin

HIGH: 7.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Problem types

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status

unaffected

2.1.0 (semver)

affected

4.4.3 (semver)

unaffected

Credits

Arjun Basnet from Securin finder

References

netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44068 (Netatalk Security Advisory CVE-2026-44068) vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-44068)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-44068)

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