CVE-2026-44057 (GCVE-0-2026-44057)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 08:14 – Updated: 2026-05-21 12:09
VLAI
Title
Dead bounds check in Spotlight RPC unmarshaller
Summary
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.
Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netatalk Netatalk Affected: 3.0.0 , ≤ 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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