Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-44061

Published
21 May 2026
Modified
20 July 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0039 32th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-44061 is a medium-severity Observable Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208) vulnerability in Netatalk (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-13 (Cryptographic Protection) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 uses DES-ECB for authentication with a timing side channel, which allows a remote attacker to recover authentication credentials via timing analysis.

CWE(s)
CWE-208

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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?

Remote timing side-channel in Netatalk auth service directly enables exploitation of a public-facing application to obtain valid credentials.

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

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Affected Assets

Netatalk
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V11.2.4

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-13 Cryptographic Protection good match
prevent

Directly requires use of approved cryptographic algorithms and protections, eliminating DES-ECB and its timing side-channel in authentication.

IA-5 Authenticator Management partial match
prevent

Mandates secure authenticator management including cryptographic strength and resistance to disclosure attacks such as timing analysis.

SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity partial match
prevent

Requires cryptographic protection of authentication data in transit, precluding weak ECB mode and observable timing discrepancies.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require constant-time implementations that eliminate observable timing discrepancies.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.17 Clock synchronization none match
none

Consistent reference clocks limit the attacker's ability to measure or manipulate timing differences that could reveal internal state or processing paths.

References