CVE-2026-44073 (GCVE-0-2026-44073)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 07:35 – Updated: 2026-05-21 12:23
VLAI
Title
seteuid failure ignored in auth modules
Summary
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.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-21 12:22 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-273 - Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netatalk Netatalk Affected: 1.5.0 , ≤ 4.4.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.5.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-05-13 00:00
Credits
Arjun Basnet from Securin
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