Advisory Summary

WD Discovery versions prior to 5.0.589 contain a misconfiguration in the Node.js environment settings that could allow code execution by utilizing an environment variable. Any malicious application operating with standard user permissions can exploit this vulnerability, enabling code execution within WD Discovery application's context. WD Discovery version 5.0.589 addresses this issue by disabling certain features and fuses in Electron.

CVE Number: CVE-2024-22169

Western Digital would like to thank YoKo Kho, Fahad Alamri, and AbdulKarim from HakTrak Cybersecurity Squad for reporting this issue.