CVE-2022-28879: A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Atlant and in certain WithSecure products w

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CVE-2022-28879 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.3) affecting elements endpoint protection, atlant, cloud protection for salesforce. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Atlant and in certain WithSecure products whereby the scanning the aepack.dll component can crash the scanning engine.

Why this priority

On your watchlist

No fix is published yet: follow the downgrade or mitigation steps.

Risk facts

CVSS score	4.3 (Medium)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	High
User interaction	Required
EPSS exploit chance	0.5% (top 59%)
CISA exploited list	No
Published	2022-07-22
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): F-Secure · Vendor: f-secure

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2022-07-22 16:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 04:39 UTCUpdated Record last modified

f-secure elements endpoint protection MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy elements-endpoint-protection || rpm -q elements-endpoint-protection || elements-endpoint-protection --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

f-secure atlant MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy atlant || rpm -q atlant || atlant --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

f-secure cloud protection for salesforce MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy cloud-protection-for-salesforce || rpm -q cloud-protection-for-salesforce || cloud-protection-for-salesforce --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

f-secure elements collaboration protection MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy elements-collaboration-protection || rpm -q elements-collaboration-protection || elements-collaboration-protection --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

f-secure internet gatekeeper MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy internet-gatekeeper || rpm -q internet-gatekeeper || internet-gatekeeper --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

f-secure linux security MITIGATE

Affected: all versions

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy linux-security || rpm -q linux-security || linux-security --version

No fixed or unaffected release known

Apply the vendor mitigation from the advisory, disable the affected feature, or restrict network access.

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Scores and fixes here are computed automatically from those and other public sources. Confirm with the vendor advisory before changing production systems.

Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2022-28879?

elements endpoint protection: mitigate or apply the listed mitigation; atlant: mitigate or apply the listed mitigation; cloud protection for salesforce: mitigate or apply the listed mitigation. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2022-28879 being exploited?

CVE-2022-28879 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2022-28879 affect?

CVE-2022-28879 affects elements endpoint protection, atlant, cloud protection for salesforce. Severity is medium (CVSS 4.3). A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Atlant and in certain WithSecure products whereby the scanning the aepack.dll component can crash the scanning engine.

How urgent is CVE-2022-28879?

Priority 30/100. On your watchlist

Software pages

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