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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | TOCTOU with root privilege in ad_flush | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-367 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: securin
Published: 2026-05-21T08:14:44.776Z
Updated: 2026-05-21T12:50:33.383Z
Reserved: 2026-05-05T07:25:36.674Z
Link: CVE-2026-7837
Updated: 2026-05-21T12:50:30.086Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-05-21T09:16:30.803
Modified: 2026-05-21T15:20:19.040
Link: CVE-2026-7837
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