CVE-2022-28387: Verbatim Executive Fingerprint Secure Ssd Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to an insecure design, they can be unlocked by an attacker who can then gain unauthorized access to the stored data. The attacker can simply use an undocumented IOCTL command that retrieves the correct password. This affects Executive Fingerprint Secure SSD GDMSFE01-INI3637-C VER1.1 and Fingerprint Secure Portable Hard Drive Part Number #53650.

Affected products

  • Verbatim Executive Fingerprint Secure Ssd Firmware: up to and including 2022-03-31
  • Verbatim Fingerprint Secure Portable Hard Drive Firmware: up to and including 2022-03-31

Published 2022-06-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.