Predictable afpd session token

Description

Netatalk 2.0.0 through 4.4.2 generates AFP session tokens derived from predictable process IDs, which allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by exploiting the reconnect mechanism.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.

Weakness

• CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-330 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Netatalk · Netatalk

  • affected 2.0.0 – ≤ 4.4.2
  • unaffected 4.4.3

References (1)

• Netatalk Security Advisory CVE-2026-44054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2026-44054](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2026-44054.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2026-44054)

Record last updated 21 May 2026, 12:38 UTC.