What is CVE-2026-44061?

CVE-2026-44061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, classified under CWE-208. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-44061?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Netatalk

CVE-2026-44061

Netatalk 1.5.0 through 4.4.2 uses DES-ECB for authentication with a timing side channel, which allows a remote attacker to recover authentication credentials via timing analysis.

EPSS: 0.001 (26.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netatalk — versions 1.5.0, 4.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-208

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44061?: CVE-2026-44061 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, classified under CWE-208. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-44061?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.