CVE-2022-36331
Impersonation attack causing an Authentication Bypass on Western Digital devices
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WDC PSIRT
Description
Western Digital My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, and SanDisk ibi devices were vulnerable to an impersonation attack that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to user data. This issue affects My Cloud OS 5 devices: before 5.25.132; My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: before 8.13.1-102; SanDisk ibi: before 8.13.1-102.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WDC PSIRTCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
Western Digital · My Cloud OS 5
- affected < 5.25.132
Western Digital · My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo
- affected < 8.13.1-102
SanDisk · ibi
- affected < 8.13.1-102
What to do
Solution: All My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, and SanDisk ibi devices have been or will be automatically updated to the latest firmware version. Cloud access will not be available until your My Cloud Home/My Cloud Home Duo/SanDisk ibi device has been updated to firmware version 8.13.1-102 or above. Please refer to this KBA https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/50563 . Users of other My Cloud devices should promptly update to the latest firmware by clicking the firmware update notification to receive the latest security fixes. Cloud access will not be available until your My Cloud device has been updated to firmware version 5.25.132 or above. Please refer to this KBA https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/50564 .
References (1)
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .