Arbitrary file upload in Western Digital products - CVE-2022-22995
Published: March 25, 2022 / Updated: July 18, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of file during file upload within the combination of primitives offered by SMB and AFP in their default configuration. A remote attacker can upload a malicious file and execute it on the server.
Affected software
My Cloud PR4100
My Cloud EX4100
My Cloud EX2 Ultra
My Cloud Mirror Gen 2
My Cloud DL2100
My Cloud DL4100
My Cloud EX2100
WD Cloud
My Cloud
My Cloud Home
My Cloud OS 5
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
Fedora
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
Netatalk
QNAP QTS
netatalk (Ubuntu package)
libatalk12
netatalk-devel
netatalk-debugsource
netatalk
libatalk12-debuginfo
netatalk-debuginfo
net-fs/netatalk
QuTS hero
How to mitigate CVE-2022-22995
Netatalk - update to 3.1.18
netatalk (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
QuTS hero - update to h5.2.5.3138 build 20250519
libatalk12 - update to 3.1.0-3.22.1
netatalk-devel - update to 3.1.0-3.22.1
netatalk-debugsource - update to 3.1.0-3.22.1
netatalk - update to 3.1.0-3.22.1
libatalk12-debuginfo - update to 3.1.0-3.22.1
netatalk-debuginfo - update to 3.1.0-3.22.1
netatalk - update to 3.1.18
net-fs/netatalk - update to 3.1.18
netatalk - addressed in versions 3.1.18-1.el7, 3.1.18-1.el8, 3.1.18-1.el9, 3.1.18-1.fc37, 3.1.18-1.fc38, 3.1.18-1.fc39
QNAP QTS - update to 5.2.5.3145 20250526
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5
- Fedora 39 update for netatalk
- Fedora 38 update for netatalk
- Fedora 37 update for netatalk
- Fedora EPEL 8 update for netatalk
- Fedora EPEL 7 update for netatalk
- Arbitrary file upload in Netatalk
- Slackware Linux update for netatalk
- SUSE update for netatalk
- Gentoo update for Netatalk
- Ubuntu update for netatalk
- Multiple vulnerabilities in QNAP QTS and QuTS hero
- Fedora EPEL 9 update for netatalk