CVE-2026-44059 Non-reentrant privilege toggle
A local attacker can exploit a race condition in Netatalk's privilege toggle to read or modify limited data or cause minor service disruption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-44059?
CVE-2026-44059 is a low-severity vulnerability in Netatalk, published on 21 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A race condition in the privilege toggle mechanism in Netatalk 2.2.5 through 4.4.2 allows a local attacker to obtain limited information, modify limited data, or cause a minor service disruption.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44059?
How do I fix CVE-2026-44059?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-44059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44059, GHSA-87m3-6mhh-2gj7, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44059.