CVE-2026-44049

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-21. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An out-of-bounds write due to improper null termination in convert_charset() in Netatalk 2.0.4 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted character data.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
42%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Netatalk - Netatalk Security Advisory

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44049

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44049(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntunetatalk (2.2.5-1ubuntu0.2+esm3) @ xenial2026-08-23ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
netatalk3.1.12~ds-8 ... 4.5.1~ds-1 (57 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
netatalk4.2.3~ds-1, 4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u14.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
netatalk4.2.3~ds-1, 4.2.3~ds-2, 4.2.3~ds-2.1, 4.4.1~ds-1, 4.4.2~ds-14.4.3~ds-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 76× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 244 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-23 16:52 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-23 16:52 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-23 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-21 22:52 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-21 22:52 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-21 22:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-20 18:51 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-20 18:51 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-08-20 18:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-17 09:50 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-08-17 09:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-16 16:51 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-16 16:51 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-16 16:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-16 03:28 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-16 03:28 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-16 03:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-14 15:07 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-14 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-14 01:59 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-14 01:59 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-14 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-12 22:59 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-12 22:59 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-08-12 22:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-12 09:51 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-12 09:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-11 13:50 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-11 13:50 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-11 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-11 00:32 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-11 00:32 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-11 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-10 03:45 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-08-10 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-09 14:37 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-09 14:37 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-09 14:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-09 01:29 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-09 01:29 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-09 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-08 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-08 03:10 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-08 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-07 14:02 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-07 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-07 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-07 00:55 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-07 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-06 10:23 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-06 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-05 21:14 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-05 21:14 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-05 21:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-04 06:00 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-04 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-03 16:52 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-03 16:52 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-08-03 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-08-02 19:55 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-08-02 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-02 06:47 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-02 06:47 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-02 06:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-08-01 17:35 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-08-01 17:35 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-01 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  75. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44049?
CVE-2026-44049 is a high vulnerability published on May 21, 2026. An out-of-bounds write due to improper null termination in convert_charset() in Netatalk 2.0.4 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted character data.
When was CVE-2026-44049 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44049 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 21, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44049 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44049 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 58.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44049?
CVE-2026-44049 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44049?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44049, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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