CVE-2026-44054

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Published 2026-05-21 · Modified 2026-05-21

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

6.5

Description

Netatalk 2.0.0 through 4.4.2 generates AFP session tokens derived from predictable process IDs, which allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by exploiting the reconnect mechanism.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44054

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44054.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	fixed	`4.4.3~ds-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.4.3~ds-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2`

References

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44054
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44054.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44054

CWEs

CWE-330

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.