cve-2023-39297
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-02 16:03
Modified
2024-08-02 18:02
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An OS command injection vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow authenticated users to execute commands via a network. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 5.1.4.2596 build 20231128 and later QTS 4.5.4.2627 build 20231225 and later QuTS hero h5.1.4.2596 build 20231128 and later QuTS hero h4.5.4.2626 build 20231225 and later QuTScloud c5.1.5.2651 and later
References
security@qnapsecurity.com.twhttps://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-23-30Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-23-30Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
QNAP Systems Inc. QTS Version: 5.1.x   < 5.1.4.2596 build 20231128
Version: 4.5.x   < 4.5.4.2627 build 20231225
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   QNAP Systems Inc. QuTS hero Version: h5.1.x   < h5.1.4.2596 build 20231128
Version: h4.5.x   < h4.5.4.2626 build 20231225
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   QNAP Systems Inc. QuTScloud Version: c5.x.x   < c5.1.5.2651
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