What is CVE-2026-44058?

CVE-2026-44058 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-44058?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Netatalk

CVE-2026-44058

An authentication bypass vulnerability in Netatalk 2.2.2 through 4.4.2 allows a remote privileged user to authenticate as an arbitrary user via the admin auth user mechanism.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.002 (44.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netatalk — versions 2.2.2, 4.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44058?: CVE-2026-44058 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-44058?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.