Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-44057 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-44057 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-44057?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 21 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-44057?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-44057 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-44057?
- Check whether you run Netatalk at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A vulnerability exists in the Spotlight RPC unmarshaller of Netatalk due to a dead bounds check (CWE-561). The root cause is a check on an unsigned value that results in an unreachable code path, rendering the defensive logic ineffective. A remote authenticated attacker with low privileges could potentially exploit this via crafted Spotlight RPC requests to obtain limited information. While the vendor notes this is not independently exploitable in a significant way, it serves as a defense-in-depth weakness. The issue is addressed in Netatalk version 4.4.3 or by applying the provided security patch.
Affected products
- Netatalk Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2
Timeline
- 2026-05-13: disclosed
- 2026-05-21: advisory