CVE-2026-44051

HIGHNVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-21. NVD baseline CVSS 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An improper link resolution vulnerability in Netatalk 3.0.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files or overwrite arbitrary files via attacker-controlled symlink creation.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: 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
Severity81% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
39%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 3, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Netatalk - Netatalk Security Advisory

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44051

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44051(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 (3.1.12~ds-9ubuntu0.22.04.4+esm1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu

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 / 84× 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 262 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 22:51 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-21 22:51 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-21 22:51 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 03:27 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-16 03:27 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-16 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-15 00:51 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-15 00:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-14 13:25 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-14 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-14 01:59 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-14 01:59 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-08-14 01:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-13 01:40 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-13 01:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-12 14:14 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-12 14:14 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-12 14:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-12 01:16 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-08-12 01:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-11 13:50 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-11 13:50 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-11 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-11 00:32 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-11 00:32 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-11 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-10 11:48 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-10 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-10 00:22 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-10 00:22 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-10 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-09 12:55 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-09 12:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-09 01:29 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-09 01:29 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-09 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-08 06:40 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-08 06:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-07 19:14 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-07 19:14 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-07 19:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-07 07:48 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-08-07 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-06 20:06 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-06 20:06 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-06 20:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-08-06 08:40 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-06 08:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-05 21:14 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-08-05 21:14 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-08-05 21:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-08-04 04:19 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-08-04 04:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-03 16:52 UTCEG score recompute
  69. 2026-08-03 16:52 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-03 16:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-08-03 03:55 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-08-03 03:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-02 16:29 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-02 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44051?
CVE-2026-44051 is a high vulnerability published on May 21, 2026. An improper link resolution vulnerability in Netatalk 3.0.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files or overwrite arbitrary files via attacker-controlled symlink creation.
When was CVE-2026-44051 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44051 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-2026-44051 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44051 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 60.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44051?
CVE-2026-44051 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44051?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44051, 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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