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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-45698 EUVD-2026-60326

Netatalk has Integer Underflow → Stack Buffer Overflow in deletedir()

Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Netatalk 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Netatalk netatalk >= 3.1.19, < 4.4.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 netatalk 4.4.3~ds-1 —
Debian 13 netatalk 4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 netatalk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS netatalk No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 netatalk No fix yet —
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS netatalk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS netatalk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS netatalk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS netatalk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS netatalk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS netatalk No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 netatalk 4.4.3-r0 —

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