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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-44073

Authentication modules in Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 fail to check the return value of seteuid(), which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to retain elevated privileges under error conditions.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 0.28%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Authentication modules in Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 fail to check the return value of seteuid(), which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to retain elevated privileges under error conditions.

CVSS 3.1
5.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
0.28% probability · 20th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-273
Source
33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.