CVE-2026-44059 (GCVE-0-2026-44059)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 07:34 – Updated: 2026-05-21 12:27
VLAI
Title
Non-reentrant privilege toggle
Summary
A race condition in the privilege toggle mechanism in Netatalk 2.2.5 through 4.4.2 allows a local attacker to obtain limited information, modify limited data, or cause a minor service disruption.
Severity
3.9 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-21 12:27 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
securin CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 71 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Netatalk Netatalk Affected: 2.2.5 , ≤ 4.4.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.5.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-05-13 00:00
Credits
Arjun Basnet from Securin
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