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CVE-2023-22819

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability issue that could arise by sending crafted requests to a service to consume a large amount of memory, eventually resulting in the service being stopped and restarted was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, SanDisk ibi and Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices. This issue requires the attacker to already have root privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability. This issue affects My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: before 9.5.1-104; ibi: before 9.5.1-104; My Cloud OS 5: before 5.27.161.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.9, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 24 products from westerndigital, from westerndigital, from westerndigital and 21 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2024, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2024-02-05T22:15:55.023

Last Modified

2026-06-17T05:36:14.623

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-770
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-400
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_pr4100_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_pr4100 - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_ex4100_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_ex4100 - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_ex2_ultra_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_ex2_ultra - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_mirror_g2_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_mirror_g2 - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_dl2100_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_dl2100 - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_dl4100_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_dl4100 - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_ex2100_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_ex2100 - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_glacier_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_glacier - No
Operating System westerndigital wd_cloud_firmware < 5.27.161 Yes
Hardware westerndigital wd_cloud - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_home_firmware < 9.5.1-104 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_home - No
Operating System westerndigital my_cloud_home_duo_firmware < 9.5.1-104 Yes
Hardware westerndigital my_cloud_home_duo - No
Operating System westerndigital sandisk_ibi_firmware < 9.5.1-104 Yes
Hardware westerndigital sandisk_ibi - No
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For westerndigital's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.