CVE-2022-29841 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-29841

OS Command Injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Claroty Research, Team82 - Vera Mens, Noam Moshe, Uri Katz and Sharon Brizinov working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative

Affected Vendor

Western Digital

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Affected Software

My Cloud OS 5
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 10th, 2023
Last Modified: January 24th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)