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GHSA-CQWG-QQ7J-C4FR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-09 18:30 – Updated: 2022-12-12 18:30

Details

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

4.6 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

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

Title

Authentication issue with the encrypted volumes and auto mount feature in My Cloud devices

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

WDC PSIRT

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-se…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Western Digital	My Cloud	Affected: My Cloud , < 5.25.124 (custom)

Credits

Western Digital would like to thank Asim Rehman for reporting this issue

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

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