CVE-2026-7837

Published: May 21, 2026Modified: Jul 23, 2026Deferred

3.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 1.4

Source: 33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c (Secondary)

Description

A time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) condition in the ad_flush function in Netatalk 3.0.0 through 4.4.2 involves root-privileged file operations, which may allow a remote attacker to cause limited data modification under specific race conditions.

Related CWEs

CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

References (1)

https://netatalk.io/security/CVE-2026-7837

Source: 33c584b5-0579-4c06-b2a0-8d8329fcab9c

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