CVE-2026-44068 PUBLISHED

EA path traversal via incomplete sanitization

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

Incomplete sanitization of extended attribute (EA) path components in Netatalk 2.1.0 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to write to files outside the intended metadata namespace via crafted EA names.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 7.6

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Netatalk
Product	Netatalk
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 2.1.0 to 4.4.2 (incl.) Version 4.4.3 is unaffected

Credits

Arjun Basnet from Securin finder

References

Netatalk Security Advisory CVE-2026-44068

Problem Types

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE