CVE-2022-36329 Denial of Service over OTA mechanism in Western Digital My Cloud Home and ibi devices

Medium 4.4 Published 10 May 2023 Updated 24 Jan 2025

An attacker can cause a denial of service on Western Digital My Cloud Home and ibi devices via the OTA mechanism due to improper privilege management.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-36329?

CVE-2022-36329 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in SanDisk My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo, published on 10 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An improper privilege management issue that could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service over the OTA mechanism was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo and SanDisk ibi devices.This issue affects My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: before 9.4.0-191; ibi: before 9.4.0-191.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36329?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Westerndigital My Cloud Home Duo Firmware, Westerndigital My Cloud Home Firmware, Westerndigital Sandisk Ibi Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36329?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36329 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-36329 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36329 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g7hf-55m7-jhmc.