CVE-2022-22998

AWS credential exposure via insufficient protection

Published Jul 12, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024

Insufficient credential protection in Western Digital Home and Home Duo firmware before 8.5.1-102 exposes AWS credentials to adjacent attackers. Western Digital reports that stored AWS credentials lacked proper protection without identifying the storage locus, access path, or failed safeguard. Exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction but requires an adjacent network position; published impacts include data disclosure and modification.

CVSS severity8.0
High
EPSS probability0.78%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Insufficient credential protection in Western Digital Home and Home Duo firmware before 8.5.1-102 exposes AWS credentials to adjacent attackers. Western Digital reports that stored AWS credentials lacked proper protection without identifying the storage locus, access path, or failed safeguard. Exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction but requires an adjacent network position; published impacts include data disclosure and modification.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-22998
Published
Jul 12, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Vendor
Western Digital Corporation
Product
My Cloud Home & Duo
Classifications
CWE-522, T1552.001
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=My Cloud Home Firmware <8.5.1-102

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Western Digital Corporation · My Cloud Home & Duoversion=My Cloud Home Firmware <8.5.1-102

Published CVSS scores

8.0Western DigitalCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.0NIST NVDAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials
T1552.001Credentials In Files

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