CVE-2026-44052 LDAP simple-bind password exposure in log output
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-44052 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-44052 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, published on 21 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44052 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Netatalk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44052/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44052/index.md)
An attacker with log file access can obtain cleartext LDAP credentials exposed by Netatalk during simple-bind operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-44052?
CVE-2026-44052 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, published on 21 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Netatalk 2.1.0 through 4.4.2 inserts LDAP simple-bind passwords into log output in cleartext, which allows an attacker with access to the log files to obtain LDAP credentials.
Weakness: CWE-532
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44052?
How do I fix CVE-2026-44052?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-44052 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44052 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44052, GHSA-j6x4-pjr7-hwq4, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44052.