CVE-2026-44050 (GCVE-0-2026-44050)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 07:34 – Updated: 2026-05-22 03:56
VLAI
Title
Heap buffer overflow in CNID daemon comm_rcv()
Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow in the CNID daemon comm_rcv() function in Netatalk 2.0.0 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges or cause a denial of service.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netatalk Netatalk Affected: 2.0.0 , ≤ 4.4.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.4.3 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-05-13 00:00
Credits
Arjun Basnet from Securin
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