Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting netatalk package, versions [3.0.3,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NETATALK-16787190
  • published21 May 2026
  • disclosed21 May 2026
  • creditArjun Basnet

Introduced: 21 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-7835  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-134  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Externally-Controlled Format String via the format string process. An attacker can cause application instability or crash by supplying crafted input that leads to improper handling of format string arguments.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1