CVE-2022-29842

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.8%

Critical (9.8) in westerndigital my cloud os. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the root user on a vulnerable CGI file was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devicesThis issue affects My Cloud OS 5: before 5.26.119.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-77
Published: 2023-05-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

westerndigital:my_cloud_os

References

https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-23002-my-cloud-firmware-version-5-26-119
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-23002-my-cloud-firmware-version-5-26-119

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