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CVE-2026-44073
5.0 MEDIUM
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
- Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): Low (L)
- Integrity (I): Low (L)
- Availability (A): Low (L)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): Low (L)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): Low (L)
- Modified Availability (MA): Low (L)
Activity log
- Created suggestion
seteuid failure ignored in auth modules
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.
References
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Netatalk Security Advisory CVE-2026-44073 vendor-advisory
Affected products
Netatalk
- ==4.5.0
- =<4.4.2
Package maintainers
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@jcumming Jack Cummings <jack@mudshark.org>
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@erichelgeson Eric Helgeson <erichelgeson@gmail.com>