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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-45699 EUVD-2026-58790

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

Published Aug 14, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 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 copydir() function of Netatalk's afpd daemon due to an integer underflow in the calculation of the remaining buffer size used for path construction. copydir() 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 track available buffer space using srem and drem for source and destination paths. Incorrect arithmetic causes both srem and drem to underflow to SIZE_MAX. Consequently, boundary checks against strlen(de->d_name) always pass, allowing strcpy() to append filenames into nearly full stack buffers. Version 4.4.3 patches the issue. As a workaround, configure each AFP shared volume to be structured as a single file system, in other words no subdirectory of a shared volume should be a mount point for a different file system.

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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