What is CVE-2019-10705?

CVE-2019-10705 is a high-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital Sandisk X600 Sd9sb8w-128g, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-10705?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Westerndigital Sandisk X600 Sd9sb8w-128g

CVE-2019-10705

Western Digital SanDisk X600 devices in certain configurations, a vulnerability in the access control mechanism of the drive may allow data to be decrypted without knowledge of proper authentication credentials.

Published 2020-03-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

support.wdc.com/cat_products.aspx (Product, Vendor Advisory)
www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19006-sandisk-x600-sata-ssd (Vendor Advisory)
www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-19007-sandisk-x300-x400-sata… (Not Applicable)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10705?: CVE-2019-10705 is a high-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital Sandisk X600 Sd9sb8w-128g, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-10705?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.