CVE-2026-44068

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 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0032 23.7th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-44068 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Netatalk (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 23.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-31215

Vulnerability details

Incomplete sanitization of extended attribute (EA) path components in Netatalk 2.1.0 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to write to files outside the intended metadata namespace via crafted EA names.

CWE(s): CWE-22

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?

Path traversal (CWE-22) in remotely accessible Netatalk service directly enables exploitation of a public-facing application for unauthorized file writes.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1