Western Digital EdgeRover before 0.25 has an escalation of privileges vulnerability where…
Priority MEDIUM 40Published · 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
Western Digital EdgeRover before 0.25 has an escalation of privileges vulnerability where a low privileged user could load malicious content into directories with higher privileges, because of how Node.js is used. An attacker can gain admin privileges and carry out malicious activities such as creating a fake library and stealing user credentials.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00967 62nd 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 · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:edgerover:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | before 0.25 | Vulnerable | Westerndigital |
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:edgerover:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions before 0.25 Vulnerable ·Westerndigital
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-33205
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j39j-cvpv-82wg
References
More Westerndigital Edgerover vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-07163 Insecure file and directory permissions on EdgeRover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2021-33205 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-33205 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j39j-cvpv-82wg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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