Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2022-23125

netatalk netatalk Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Published Oct 14, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2025 · netatalk netatalk Stack-based Buffer

Patch now

CVE-2022-23125 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm netatalk netatalk Stack-based Buffer against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
4.35%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor netatalk netatalk

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 copyapplfile function. When parsing the len element, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-15869. VulnCheck canary evidence.

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  • vendor netatalk netatalkversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-23125

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-23125 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm netatalk netatalk Stack-based Buffer against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 4.35%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 14, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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 copyapplfile function. When parsing the len element, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker

  2. Oct 14, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-23125

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-23125

    30-day exploitation probability 4.4%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-23125

    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 copyapplfile function. When parsing the len element, the process does not

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.