# CVE-2022-29841: OS Command Injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands and gain a reverse shell on Western Digital My Cloud devices due to unsanitized input in privileged file operations.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 May 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-39gv-q5r7-jg94

## What is CVE-2022-29841?

CVE-2022-29841 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5, published on 10 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability that was caused by a command that read files from a privileged location and created a system command without sanitizing the read data. This command could be triggered by an attacker remotely to cause code execution and gain a reverse shell in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices.This issue affects My Cloud OS 5: before 5.26.119.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29841?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Westerndigital My Cloud Os.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-29841?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29841 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-29841 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29841 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5

- [CVE-2023-22814](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22814/): Authentication Bypass issue in My Cloud OS 5 devices (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-29842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29842/): Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36224/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36226/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22989/): Pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on FTP Service (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-29841 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-29841 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5, published on 10 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29841 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Western Digital My Cloud OS 5. 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-2022-29841/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29841/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29841
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29841
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29841

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29841/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.