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CVE-2022-22998: western_digital my_cloud_home Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 8.0v3.1HighModified
Published 12-07-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-22998 is a high (CVSS 8.0) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in western_digital my_cloud_home. EPSS estimates a 0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.0/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.80%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Implemented protections on AWS credentials that were not properly protected.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.78% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.80%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Westerndigital2 products
Western_digital1 product

2 vendors · 3 products

References

1 links