CVE-2022-22995 | Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 and My Cloud Home Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability in Netatalk

The combination of primitives offered by SMB and AFP in their default configuration allows the arbitrary writing of files. By exploiting these combination of primitives, an attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2022-03-25 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-22995 is rated High Risk (71.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.63%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.46% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-22995

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.18% 2.63% +2.46%
2 2025-11-21 1.65% 0.18% -1.47%
3 2025-11-18 1.65%

Full EPSS history (32 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-22995

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
3.9 6.0 [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-22995

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-22995

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2022-22995: 1 source package rows (netatalk); 6 state rows across 6 repos (3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 6, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-22995
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-22995 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (netatalk), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-22995
gentoo high CVE-2022-22995: 1 GLSA(s) (202311-02), 1 atom(s) (net-fs/netatalk); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-22995
suse high CVE-2022-22995 severity important: SUSE including 3 source package names (libatalk12-3.1.0-3.22.1, netatalk-3.1.0-3.22.1, netatalk-devel-3.1.0-3.22.1), 5 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5): Fixed 5. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22995/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-22995 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (netatalk), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, released 3, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22995

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-22995

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
westerndigital my_cloud_pr2100_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_pr2100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_pr4100_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_pr4100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_ex4100_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_ex4100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_ex2_ultra_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_ex2_ultra_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_mirror_gen_2_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_mirror_gen_2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_dl2100_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_dl2100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_dl4100_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_dl4100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_ex2100_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_ex2100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital wd_cloud_firmware < 5.19.117 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_cloud_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
westerndigital my_cloud_home_firmware < 7.16-220 cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_home_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netatalk netatalk < 3.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:netatalk:netatalk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 37 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 38 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 39 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-22995

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