What is CVE-2026-44059?

CVE-2026-44059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2026-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-44059?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Netatalk

CVE-2026-44059

A race condition in the privilege toggle mechanism in Netatalk 2.2.5 through 4.4.2 allows a local attacker to obtain limited information, modify limited data, or cause a minor service disruption.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.000 (2.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Netatalk — versions 2.2.5, 4.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44059?: CVE-2026-44059 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.5/10. Published 2026-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-44059?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.5 out of 10.