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CVE-2022-22998 (GCVE-0-2022-22998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-12 20:19 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:28
VLAI
Title
Protecting AWS credentials stored in plaintext on My Cloud Home
Summary
Implemented protections on AWS credentials that were not properly protected.
Severity
8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Western Digital My Cloud Home Affected: My Cloud Home Firmware , < 8.5.1-102 (custom)
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Credits
Western Digital would like to thank Viettel Cyber Security for reporting this issue.
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