PT-2026-42424 · Netatalk+2 · Netatalk+2

Arjun Basnet · CVE-2026-44068 · Published 2026-05-21 · Updated 2026-06-22

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Netatalk versions 2.1.0 through 4.4.2

Description Incomplete sanitization of extended attribute (EA) path components allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform path traversal. By using crafted EA names, an attacker can write to files outside the intended metadata namespace.

Recommendations Update to version 4.4.3.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-44068

USN-8455-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Netatalk

Ubuntu

References · 13

• https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-8455-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44068 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8455-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44068 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/DFIR_Lab/status/2060900400681586864 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/54462 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2057407766193455207 · Twitter Post