High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 13, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-22990

Description

A limited authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution and escalate privileges on the My Cloud devices. Addressed this vulnerability by changing access token validation logic and rewriting rule logic on PHP scripts.

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Affected products

Westerndigital/My Cloud OS
cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_cloud_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <5.19.117
Western Digital/My Cloudv5
Range: My Cloud OS 5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-22002-my-cloud-os5-firmware-5-19-117nvdVendor Advisory
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-076/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-347/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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