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CVE-2026-44057

Dead bounds check in Spotlight RPC unmarshaller

LOW
3.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2026 at 08:14 AM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 07:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNetatalk

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Severity
LOW3.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A dead bounds check in the Spotlight RPC unmarshaller in Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2 results in an unreachable code path that provides no effective bounds protection, which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain limited information via crafted Spotlight RPC requests.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Netatalk· Netatalk
60%
3.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.4.23.0.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.4.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44057

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

3.1LOWsecurin
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-561

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