CVE-2026-45698

NameCVE-2026-45698
DescriptionNetatalk is a Free and Open Source file server suite for Unix-like operating systems. In versions 3.1.19 through 4.4.2, a stack-based buffer overflow exists in the deletedir() function of Netatalk's afpd daemon due to an integer underflow in the calculation of the remaining buffer size used for path construction. deletedir() is a utility function called when a file operation crosses a device boundary inside an AFP shared volume, which the standard library's renameat() cannot handle. The function attempts to prevent buffer overflows by tracking available space in a size_t remain variable. However, the arithmetic used to compute remain results in an unsigned integer underflow, causing the variable to become SIZE_MAX. Because of this, the subsequent boundary check always evaluates as safe, allowing an unbounded strcpy() operation to copy attacker-controlled filenames into a nearly full stack buffer. Version 4.4.3 patches the issue.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-6280-1
Debian Bugs1137126

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
netatalk (PTS)bullseye3.1.12~ds-8+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)3.1.12~ds-8+deb11u2vulnerable
trixie (security), trixie4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2fixed
forky, sid4.5.1~ds-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
netatalksourcetrixie4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2DSA-6280-1
netatalksource(unstable)4.4.3~ds-11137126

Notes

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-45698

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