CVE-2026-44051

High

Published: 21 May 2026

Published

21 May 2026

Modified

21 May 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0048 37.7th percentile

Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-44051 is a high-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Netatalk (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked at the 37.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-31228

Vulnerability details

An improper link resolution vulnerability in Netatalk 3.0.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files or overwrite arbitrary files via attacker-controlled symlink creation.

CWE(s): CWE-59

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1005 Data from Local System Collection

Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.

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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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Why these techniques?

Vuln enables remote file read/write on Netatalk server (T1005) via exploitation of public-facing service (T1190).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0