CVE-2022-22998 Protecting AWS credentials stored in plaintext on My Cloud Home
Attackers can access AWS credentials stored in plaintext on Western Digital My Cloud Home devices, potentially leading to unauthorized cloud resource access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22998?
CVE-2022-22998 is a high-severity 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
Implemented protections on AWS credentials that were not properly protected.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22998?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Westerndigital My Cloud Home Duo Firmware, Westerndigital My Cloud Home Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22998?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22998 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-22998 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22998 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Western Digital My Cloud Home
- CVE-2022-22997 Command Injection Vulnerability on My Cloud Home
- CVE-2022-36327 Path traversal vulnerability leading to an arbitrary file write in Western Digital devices
- CVE-2022-36328 Path Traversal Vulnerability leading to an arbitrary file read in Western Digital devices
- CVE-2022-29837 Path traversal Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo and SanDisk ibi Devices
- CVE-2022-36326 Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability in Western Digital devices
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x7p3-jg6r-9rmr.