CVE-2026-44071

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

CVSS v3

3.7

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

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

3.7

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

47%

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-2026-44071

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44071.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
sles		affected
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	affected
debian	sid	affected
debian	trixie	affected

References

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44071
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44071.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44071

CWEs

CWE-693

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