In Western Digital WD Discovery before 4.0.251.0, a malicious application running with…
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-668Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In Western Digital WD Discovery before 4.0.251.0, a malicious application running with standard user permissions could potentially execute code in the application's process through library injection by using DYLD environment variables.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04094 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* | before 4.0.251.0 | Vulnerable | Westerndigital |
| cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | before 4.0.251.0 | Vulnerable | Westerndigital |
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions before 4.0.251.0 Vulnerable ·Westerndigital
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions before 4.0.251.0 Vulnerable ·Westerndigital
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15816
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3h98-pjm4-888p
References
More Westerndigital Wd Discovery vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-09945 The Western Digital WD Discovery application before 3.8.229 for MyCloud Home on Windows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-12195 WD Discovery's Use of Weak Hashing Algorithm for Code Signing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2020-15816 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-15816 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3h98-pjm4-888p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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