Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-29842

Description

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.

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Affected products

Westerndigital/My Cloud OS 5llm-fuzzy
Range: <5.26.119
Western Digital/My Cloud OS 5v5
Range: 0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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

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