Code execution via deletedir remain underflow
Published Aug 17, 2026 · Updated Aug 17, 2026
Stack-based buffer overflow in afpd in Netatalk before 4.4.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute code via crafted AFP filenames. In deletedir(), the remaining-space calculation for a stack path buffer underflows a size_t remain value to SIZE_MAX, so the subsequent bound check passes and strcpy() copies an attacker-controlled filename into an almost full stack buffer. Reachability requires authenticated AFP access and a cross-device directory operation inside a shared volume; successful exploitation can corrupt or crash the afpd child process and can yield code execution in that service context.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in afpd in Netatalk before 4.4.3 allows remote authenticated users to execute code via crafted AFP filenames. In deletedir(), the remaining-space calculation for a stack path buffer underflows a size_t remain value to SIZE_MAX, so the subsequent bound check passes and strcpy() copies an attacker-controlled filename into an almost full stack buffer. Reachability requires authenticated AFP access and a cross-device directory operation inside a shared volume; successful exploitation can corrupt or crash the afpd child process and can yield code execution in that service context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-45698
- Published
- Aug 17, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- Vendor
- Netatalk
- Product
- Netatalk
- Classifications
- CWE-191, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 3.1.19, < 4.4.3
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