CVE-2021-28813criticalCWE-259CWE-522CWE-798

CVE-2021-28813: critical vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. QSW-M2116P-2T2S

Insufficiently Protected Credentials Vulnerability in QSW-M2116P-2T2S and QuNetSwitch

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28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 9.6epss 1.1%
A vulnerability involving insecure storage of sensitive information has been reported to affect QSW-M2116P-2T2S and QNAP switches running QuNetSwitch. If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to read sensitive information by accessing the unrestricted storage mechanism.We have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions: QSW-M2116P-2T2S 1.0.6 build 210713 and later QGD-1600P: QuNetSwitch 1.0.6.1509 and later QGD-1602P: QuNetSwitch 1.0.6.1509 and later QGD-3014PT: QuNetSwitch 1.0.6.1519 and later
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
Affected products
QNAP Systems Inc. · QSW-M2116P-2T2SQNAP Systems Inc. · QuNetSwitch
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