CVE-2026-44073

MEDIUMNVD 5.05.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-21. NVD baseline CVSS 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 v3
5.0
EG Score
5.0(medium)
EPSS
19.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 21, 2026

Last Modified

May 21, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Netatalk - Netatalk Security Advisory

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44073

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44073(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 51× 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 109 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-29 20:16 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-06-29 20:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-06-27 19:59 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-06-27 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-26 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-26 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-25 14:32 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-25 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-17 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-06-15 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-06-13 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-06-12 15:40 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-06-12 15:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-06-11 16:45 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-06-11 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  31. 2026-06-10 17:01 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-06-10 17:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  35. 2026-06-09 18:13 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-06-09 18:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  38. 2026-06-08 19:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  42. 2026-06-07 18:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  45. 2026-06-06 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-06-06 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  51. 2026-06-05 20:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  55. 2026-06-04 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-06-04 13:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  58. 2026-06-03 23:11 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-06-03 23:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  61. 2026-06-03 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-06-02 20:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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  65. 2026-06-01 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
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  68. 2026-06-01 02:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44073?
CVE-2026-44073 is a medium vulnerability published on May 21, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-44073 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44073 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44073 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44073 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 19.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44073?
CVE-2026-44073 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44073?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44073, 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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