CVE-2024-22169

criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileEURU

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (18th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · critical

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

WD Discovery versions prior to 5.0.589 contain a misconfiguration in the Node.js environment settings that could allow code execution by utilizing the 'ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE' 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. The attack vector for this issue requires the victim to have the WD Discovery app installed on their device.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 4–9.3

v3.19.3criticalAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v4.07.1highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v4.07.1highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · psirt@wdc.com

v4.04mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)