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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 14:15
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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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