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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-10706

The key used to validate this digest is present in a protected area of the device, and if extracted could be used to install arbitrary firmware to other devices.

MEDIUM 6.3EPSS 0.28%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Western Digital SanDisk SanDisk X300, X300s, X400, and X600 devices: The firmware update authentication method relies on a symmetric HMAC digest. The key used to validate this digest is present in a protected area of the device, and if extracted could be used to install arbitrary firmware to other devices.

CVSS 3.1
6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.28% probability · 21th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-522
Affected
westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tb8w-128g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tb8w-256g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tb8w-512g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tb8w-1t00 firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tb8w-2t00 firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tn8w-128g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tn8w-256g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tn8w-512g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tn8w-1t00 firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9tn8w-2t00 firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sb8w-128g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sb8w-256g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sb8w-512g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sb8w-1t00 firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sb8w-2t00 firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sn8w-128g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sn8w-256g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sn8w-512g firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sn8w-1t00 firmware · westerndigital/sandisk x600 sd9sn8w-2t00 firmware · +39 more
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.28%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.