CVE-2022-29838 (GCVE-0-2022-29838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 14:15
VLAI?
Title
Authentication issue with the encrypted volumes and auto mount feature in My Cloud devices
Summary
Improper Authentication vulnerability in the encrypted volumes and auto mount features of Western Digital My Cloud devices allows insecure direct access to the drive information in the case of a device reset. This issue affects: Western Digital My Cloud My Cloud versions prior to 5.25.124 on Linux.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Western Digital My Cloud Affected: My Cloud , < 5.25.124 (custom)
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Credits
Western Digital would like to thank Asim Rehman for reporting this issue
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