EUVD-2026-31222
GHSA-766c-rr8x-xjvp
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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1DescriptionCVE.org
In Netatalk 2.0.0 through 4.4.2, hextoint macro uppercase bug. Fixed in 4.5.0.
AnalysisAI
Incorrect hexadecimal-to-integer conversion in Netatalk 2.0.0 through 4.4.2 stems from a macro that fails to handle uppercase hex digits (A-F) correctly, producing wrong integer values during AFP protocol processing. An authenticated remote attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw under high-complexity conditions to cause minor integrity corruption - for example, corrupted filename or attribute encoding. No public exploit code exists and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, making real-world exploitation unlikely in most environments. Fixed in Netatalk 4.5.0.
Technical ContextAI
Netatalk is an open-source Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) server implementation for Unix and Linux systems (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), enabling macOS and legacy Mac OS clients to mount remote file shares. CWE-682 (Incorrect Calculation) identifies the root cause: the 'hextoint' macro used internally for hex-to-integer conversion does not correctly handle uppercase hexadecimal digits (A-F), likely only processing lowercase equivalents (a-f). This produces arithmetically wrong integer results wherever the macro is invoked with uppercase hex input - a class of bug common in hand-rolled parsing utilities that bypass standard library functions like strtol(). The scope of impact depends on how broadly the macro is used across the AFP request-handling code paths.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: Netatalk 4.5.0, which fixes the hextoint macro to correctly process uppercase hex digits. Administrators running any Netatalk release from 2.0.0 to 4.4.2 should upgrade to 4.5.0 as the primary remediation; see the vendor advisory at https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-7836 for upgrade instructions. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, a practical compensating control is to restrict AFP service access to trusted authenticated users only - since PR:L is required, reducing the pool of users with AFP login credentials limits exposure. Disabling AFP entirely in favor of SMB (Samba) where feasible eliminates the attack surface completely, though this may disrupt legacy macOS clients that rely on AFP. No known workaround addresses the macro-level bug without patching.
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