Improper Check for Dropped Privileges Affecting netatalk package, versions [1.5.0,]
Threat Intelligence
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- published25 May 2026
- disclosed21 May 2026
- creditArjun Basnet
Introduced: 21 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-44073 (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 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges due to the seteuid process in authentication modules not properly handling failure conditions. An attacker can gain unintended access or escalate privileges by exploiting this improper error handling.