Description
A dead bounds check in the Spotlight RPC unmarshaller in Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2 results in an unreachable code path that provides no effective bounds protection, which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain limited information via crafted Spotlight RPC requests.
Published: 2026-05-21
Score: 3.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-62801 netatalk security update
History

Thu, 21 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 21 May 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Netatalk
Netatalk netatalk
Vendors & Products Netatalk
Netatalk netatalk

Thu, 21 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

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Description A dead bounds check in the Spotlight RPC unmarshaller in Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2 results in an unreachable code path that provides no effective bounds protection, which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain limited information via crafted Spotlight RPC requests.
Title Dead bounds check in Spotlight RPC unmarshaller
Weaknesses CWE-561
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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Netatalk Netatalk
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: securin

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-21T12:09:41.370Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T07:25:12.312Z

Link: CVE-2026-44057

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-21T12:09:37.139Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-21T09:16:27.930

Modified: 2026-06-17T10:50:14.073

Link: CVE-2026-44057

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-21T11:00:11Z

Weaknesses