CVE-2026-44073 | THREATINT

Description

Authentication modules in Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 fail to check the return value of seteuid(), which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to retain elevated privileges under error conditions.

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

MEDIUM: 4.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Problem types

Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

Product status

Default status

unaffected

1.5.0 (semver)

affected

4.5.0 (semver)

unaffected

Credits

Arjun Basnet from Securin finder

References

netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44073 (Netatalk Security Advisory CVE-2026-44073) vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-44073)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-44073)

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