EA header parsing heap over-read

published 2026-05-21 5 mo ago modified 2026-07-23 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-31214

cvss: 4.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

A heap over-read in extended attribute (EA) header parsing in Netatalk 2.1.0 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to obtain limited information or cause a minor service disruption via crafted EA data.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 2

Netatalk Netatalk 4.5.0

debian alpine

netatalk Debian 14 4.5.0~ds-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44067

netatalk Alpine 3.24 4.5.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-44067

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-44067 updated 2026-06-28 cvss 8.2

netatalk: Netatalk: Information disclosure or denial of service via heap over-read

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-05-21)

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Affected products

Netatalk Netatalk

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

netatalk.io /security/CVE-2026-44067
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-44067
NVD CVE-2026-44067

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Summary