Is CVE-2026-44073 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-44073 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-44073?

CVE-2026-44073 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-44073?

CVE-2026-44073 has an EPSS score of 0.28% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-44073?

Upgrade netatalk on debian unstable to 4.5.0~ds-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-44073

MEDIUM

5.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-273

How to fix

Remediation Available

netatalkDebian

Fixed in:4.5.0~ds-1CVE-2026-44073

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

netatalk.io

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-273 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-2921	Critical	9.8	83%	-	-
CVE-2024-38813	High	7.5	17%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-6972	Critical	9.8	15%	-	-
CVE-2015-0278	High	10.0	3.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-18276	High	7.8	2.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-36372	Critical	9.8	2.4%	-	Fix

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