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Use of Hard-coded Password

CVE-2021-28813

Severity High
Score 9.6/10

Summary

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

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH

CWE-259 - Use of Hard-coded Password

The software contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published