CVE-2026-44057: Dead bounds check in Spotlight RPC unmarshaller

Severity: low (CVSS 3.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-21 · updated 2026-07-23
Weakness: CWE-561

Description

A dead bounds check in the Spotlight RPC unmarshaller in Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2 results in an unreachable code path that provides no effective bounds protection, which may allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain limited information via crafted Spotlight RPC requests.

Affected products

Netatalk: from 3.0.0 through 4.4.2

References

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-44057

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