Description
Incomplete sanitization of extended attribute (EA) path components in Netatalk 2.1.0 through 4.4.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to write to files outside the intended metadata namespace via crafted EA names.
References1
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.6
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 26 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
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