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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-36224 json

Western Digital My Cloud devices before OS5 have a nobody account with a blank password.

published 2023-02-06 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-22844

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Western Digital My Cloud devices before OS5 have a nobody account with a blank password.

Patch / fix

  • westerndigital my_cloud_os 5.02.104

Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsg9YgvGBec referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/Pwn2Own/Tokyo_2020/weekend_destroyer/weekend_destroyer.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • krebsonsecurity.com https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/07/another-0-day-looms-for-many-western-digital-users/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

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