Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-23121

RCE

Title: Netatalk RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-23121.

CWE Category CWE-755
Published Date Mar 28, 2023
Modified Date Nov 04, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
8.59%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-23121: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Netatalk. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parse_entries function. The issue results from the lack of proper error handling when parsing AppleDouble entries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15819.

Impacted Vendors

N
netatalk 1

Reference Links

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00000.html https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-02 https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503 https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-527/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00000.html https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-02 https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/709991 https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-527/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-23121 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.