CVE-2026-44061 PUBLISHED

DES-ECB auth with timing side channel

Assigner: securin
Reserved: 05.05.2026 Published: 21.05.2026 Updated: 21.05.2026

Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 uses DES-ECB for authentication with a timing side channel, which allows a remote attacker to recover authentication credentials via timing analysis.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.9

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Netatalk
Product	Netatalk
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 1.5.0 to 4.4.2 (incl.) Version 4.5.0 is unaffected

Credits

Arjun Basnet from Securin finder

References

Netatalk Security Advisory CVE-2026-44061

Problem Types

Observable Timing Discrepancy CWE