# CVE-2022-22997: Command Injection Vulnerability on My Cloud Home

> Attackers can execute unsigned code on Western Digital My Cloud Home devices via command injection and exposed AWS S3 bucket.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mj6h-crq2-hr82

## What is CVE-2022-22997?

CVE-2022-22997 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud Home, published on 12 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Addressed a remote code execution vulnerability by resolving a command injection vulnerability and closing an AWS S3 bucket that potentially allowed an attacker to execute unsigned code on My Cloud Home devices.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22997?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Westerndigital My Cloud Home Duo Firmware, Westerndigital My Cloud Home Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Western Digital My Cloud Home

- [CVE-2022-22998](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22998/): Protecting AWS credentials stored in plaintext on My Cloud Home (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2022-36327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36327/): Path traversal vulnerability leading to an arbitrary file write in Western Digital devices (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2022-36328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36328/): Path Traversal Vulnerability leading to an arbitrary file read in Western Digital devices (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2022-29837](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29837/): Path traversal Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo and SanDisk ibi Devices (medium 4.7)
- [CVE-2022-36326](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36326/): Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability in Western Digital devices (medium 4.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22997 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22997 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud Home, published on 12 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Western Digital My Cloud Home. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22997/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22997/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22997
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22997
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22997

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22997/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.