Protecting AWS credentials stored in plaintext on My Cloud Home

published 2022-07-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-28109

cvss: 8.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits: 0; none known

Implemented protections on AWS credentials that were not properly protected.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Western Digital My Cloud Home 8.5.1-102

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Western Digital My Cloud Home

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

westerndigital.com /support/product-security/wdc-22009-my-cloud-home-firmware-version-8-7-0-107
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-22998
NVD CVE-2022-22998

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Summary